tract

Meaning

Noun

1. An area or expanse.
2. A series of connected body organs, such as the digestive tract.
3. A small booklet such as a pamphlet, often for promotional or informational uses.
4. A brief treatise or discourse on a subject.
5. A commentator's view or perspective on a subject.
6. Continued or protracted duration, length, extent
7. Part of the proper of the liturgical celebration of the Eucharist for many Christian denominations, used instead of the alleluia during Lenten or pre-Lenten seasons, in a Requiem Mass, and on a few other penitential occasions.
8. (obsolete) Continuity or extension of anything.
9. (obsolete) Traits; features; lineaments.
10. (obsolete) The footprint of a wild animal.
11. (obsolete) Track; trace.
12. (obsolete) Treatment; exposition.

Verb

1. (obsolete) To pursue, follow; to track.
2. (obsolete) To draw out; to protract.

Verb

To treat, discourse, negotiate.

Synonyms

pamphlet

parcel

region

area

pathway

piece of ground

piece of land

parcel of land

land

path

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nerve pathway

nerve tract

leaflet

extent

field

precinct

territory

soil

district

domain

dominion

essay

expanse

expansion

fascicle

fasciculus

flier

folder

ground

holding

lengthiness

lot

pipeline

premises

purview

range

reach

realm

scope

section

short essay

sphere

spread

stretch

system

terra

terrain

tractate

treatise

trough

Translations

tracto

aparato

Traktat

tratado

Trakt

Gebiet

parcelle

panfleto

trato

tractat

tracte

tract

appareil

brochure

territorio

Pronounced as (IPA)

/tɹækt/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: tract

Inherited from Old English: traht

In summary

From Middle English tract, tracte, traht (“a treatise, exposition, commentary”), from Old English traht, tract (“a treatise, exposition, commentary, text, passage”); and also from Middle English tract, tracte (“an expanse of space or time”); both from Latin tractus (“a haul, drawing, a drawing out”), the perfect passive participle of trahō. Doublet of trait.