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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024tract1 /trækt/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- an area of land, water, etc.;
a stretch:a five-acre tract of land. - Anatomya definite region or area of the body, esp. a system of parts or organs:the digestive tract.
See -trac-.tract2 /trækt/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- a brief pamphlet, usually on a religious or political topic.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024tract1 (trakt),USA pronunciation n. - an expanse or area of land, water, etc.;
region;
stretch. - [Anat.]
- a definite region or area of the body, esp. a group, series, or system of related parts or organs:the digestive tract.
- a bundle of nerve fibers having a common origin and destination.
- a stretch or period of time;
interval;
lapse. - [Rom. Cath. Ch.]an anthem consisting of verses of Scripture, sung after the gradual in the Mass from Septuagesima until the day before Easter and on certain other occasions, taking the place of the alleluias and the verse that ordinarily accompany the gradual.
- [Ornith.]a pteryla.
- Medieval Latin tractus, apparently identical with the above, though literal sense unexplained
- Latin tractus stretch (of space or time), a drawing out, equivalent. to trac-, variant stem of trahere to draw + -tus suffix of verb, verbal action; (def. 4)
- (in senses referring to extent of space) 1350–1400
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged district, territory.
tract2 (trakt),USA pronunciation n. - a brief treatise or pamphlet for general distribution, usually on a religious or political topic.
- late Middle English tracte, apparently shortening of Medieval Latin tractātus tractate 1400–50
essay, homily, disquisition. Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: tract /trækt/ n - an extended area, as of land
- a system of organs, glands, or other tissues that has a particular function: the digestive tract
- archaic an extended period of time
Etymology: 15th Century: from Latin tractus a stretching out, from trahere to drag tract /trækt/ n - a treatise or pamphlet, esp a religious or moralistic one
Etymology: 15th Century: from Latin tractātus tractate |