tracking

noun

track·​ing ˈtra-kiŋ 

1

: the assigning of students to a curricular track

2

: the standard distance between adjacent characters (as in composed text) : letterspacing compare kerning

Synonyms

• chase
• chasing
• dogging
• following
• hounding
• pursuing
• pursuit
• shadowing
• tagging
• tailing
• tracing
• trailing

Examples of tracking in a Sentence

took a class in the tracking of game that the hunters' association offers

Recent Examples on the Web

Updated on March 4 with Google’s response to the new tracking warning. —Zak Doffman, Forbes, 4 Mar. 2025

United Airlines Flight 5690, operated by SkyWest on a CRJ-200, left Springfield, Missouri, just before 5 p.m. and landed in Waco just before 6:30 p.m., according to flight tracking website FlightAware. —Pilar Arias, Fox News, 3 Mar. 2025

Project tracking, budget monitoring, and milestone management are all centralized in the platform. —Jason Phillips, USA TODAY, 3 Mar. 2025

In that and subsequent braid performances, data gleaned from the sensors’ tracking of her movements feeds a machine-learning algorithm, yielding generative models of a Lakȟóta body in motion. —Christopher T. Green, Artforum, 1 Mar. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1929, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Phrases Containing tracking

• multi-tracking
• tracking shot
• tracking stock

Rhymes for tracking

• backing
• blacking
• clacking
• cracking
• hacking
• jacking
• lacking
• packing
• racking
• sacking
• slacking
• smacking