TRACKS (DOWN) Synonyms: 37 Similar and Opposite Words

tracks (down)

verb

present tense third-person singular of track (down)

as in finds

to come upon after searching, study, or effort I'll try to track down his last known address

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His Samoyed hops up and finds a spot between the athlete’s legs and the sofa’s back pillows.

— Nick Remsen, Vogue, 1 Sep. 2026
Boscagli finds Pascal Gross, who feeds the ball into the feet of Wieffer, who can then pass to Diego Gomez.

— Jon Mackenzie, New York Times, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of finds

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From the moment Billie learns about Sophie-Rose, the teenager who inherited her legendary fake ID after it was already passed down to multiple other Gen-Z blondes, she’s obsessed.

— Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 28 Aug. 2026
During training, one neural network compares the robot’s movements with the insect demonstrations, while another learns a reward structure that encourages behavior similar to the biological example.

— Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of learns

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But on an ordinary mission, Hawks discovers a bizarre magic plague, a secret plan hatched by the Separatist army, and a contract with Republic intelligence to take on jobs the army can’t do.

— Hayes Madsen, Space.com, 26 Aug. 2026
The most tender moments come later when Kevin discovers the reason why Coyote wanted his day in court.

— Randy Myers, Mercury News, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of discovers

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If most people tend to think of the art as the visual or sonic manifestation one encounters, Protocol Art locates the art not in its manifestations but in the work that generates them.

— Shanti Escalante-De Mattei, ARTnews.com, 17 Aug. 2026
The medical model locates disability inside the individual, a deficit to be cured, corrected or endured until the person can function in a world built without them.

— Keely Cat-Wells, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026

Definition of locates

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Take, for example, the watershed that runs down Clear Creek Canyon below Lookout Mountain, Mount Vernon and Rainbow Hill.

— Megan Schrader, Denver Post, 27 Aug. 2026
The Reds rallied from three runs down in the eighth inning after White Sox starter Sean Burke allowed only one run on three hits in seven innings.

— CBS News, CBS News, 12 Aug. 2026

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