tracker

«tracker» in Mova's school dictionary: A person who follows the tracks or signs of animals or… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a tracker, trackers)

meaning for a pupil

1) A person who follows the tracks or signs of animals or people to find them. tree →

2) A device or app that shows where something or someone is, or records information: a GPS tracker, a fitness tracker. tree →

3) A chart or list for following progress: a reading tracker, a habit tracker. tree →

4) (internet) A hidden piece of code on a website that records what you do online. tree →

sense in the lessons

In stories and nature lessons, Aboriginal Australian and Native American trackers were famous for reading footprints and signs. In everyday life, fitness trackers count steps; parcel trackers show where your delivery is. In online safety lessons, websites use trackers and cookies to collect data. Phrases: «fitness tracker», «GPS tracker», «parcel tracker», «reading tracker».

examples

• The tracker followed the bear's footprints in the snow. tree →
• Dad's fitness tracker says he walked 10,000 steps today. tree →
• We put a GPS tracker on the dog's collar. tree →
• Fill in your reading tracker every night. tree →
• The parcel tracker says our delivery will arrive this afternoon. tree →
• Some websites use trackers to see what you click. tree →
• He shall become a great tracker. tree →

note

Countable. From «track» + -er. Online safety: trackers collect data about you; ask an adult before accepting cookies or sharing location.

In the corpora

• Scientists put small GPS trackers on storks and found they use the same routes as their parents and stop at the same places.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «tracker» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.