Meaning

12 senses
  1. An area or expanse.

    an unexplored tract of sea

    Gebiet

    уча́стокučástok

    an extended area of land

  2. A series of connected body organs, such as the digestive tract.

    Trakt

    трактtrakt

  3. A small booklet such as a pamphlet, often for promotional or informational uses.

    брошю́раbrošúra

  4. A brief treatise or discourse on a subject.

    Traktat

    тракта́тtraktát

    a brief treatise on a subject of interest; published in the form of a booklet

  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.

Examples

13 sentences
  1. The glottis separates the upper and lower respiratory tracts.

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  2. The mouth is part of an animal's digestive tract.

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  3. Millions of beneficial organisms live in the human digestive tract.

    ruВ кишечном тракте человека живут миллионы полезных микроорганизмов.

    deMillionen nützlicher Organismen leben im menschlichem Verdauungstrakt.

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  4. An endoscopy is used to examine a person's digestive tract.

    deDie Endoskopie wird angewendet, um den Verdaungstrakt eines Menschen zu untersuchen.

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  5. Tom's chest is rattly because of a respiratory tract infection.

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Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 4
area:
series of connected body organs:
small booklet:
brief treatise:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
area:
series of connected body organs:
brief treatise:

Origin

From Middle English tract, tracte, traht (“a treatise, exposition, commentary”), from Old

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.

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