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DictionarytrackFollowing movement or progress
verb / noun

track

TRAK/træk/

A course along which something moves.

The horse leaves fresh tracks in the soft earth behind it.

A single horse walks away across soft earth, leaving a clearly visible trail of fresh hoofprints that leads from the foreground directly to its hooves.
Etymology
trackOld Frenchhorse track, trace

Old French trac meant a horse track or trace. English likewise first referred to footprints and other marks left behind, extending to paths and courses; the French word’s earlier origin is uncertain.

In context

North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics6:30
the last important thing to document from tire track evidence is Tire positions Tire positions can only be documented for turning Vehicles because that's when you'll see all four tire tracks
Tire Tread and Tire Track Evidence

More examples

  • She runs three laps around the track before breakfast.
  • The train slows at a bend in the track.
  • We track each shipment from the warehouse to your door.
  • Weekly check-ins keep the project on track.

Forms

track · tracks · tracked · tracking

tracker noun — A person or device that follows movement.

Similar words

path
A route to follow, not necessarily prepared for racing.
trail
Often suggests an unpaved path or signs left behind.
monitor
Emphasizes regular observation rather than following a moving subject.