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:

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. — caponych

    deMillionen nützlicher Organismen leben im menschlichem Verdauungstrakt. — Manfredo

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Meaning

12 senses

  1. An area or expanse.

    an unexplored tract of sea

    Gebiet

    уча́стокučástok

  2. 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

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

    Trakt

    трактtrakt

More meanings 9

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

    брошю́раbrošúra

  2. A commentator's view or perspective on a subject.

  3. Continued or protracted duration, length, extent

  4. 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.

  5. (obsolete)Continuity or extension of anything.

  6. (obsolete)Traits; features; lineaments.

  7. (obsolete)The footprint of a wild animal.

  8. (obsolete)Track; trace.

  9. (obsolete)Treatment; exposition.

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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Forms

plural: tracts
Singulartract
Pluraltracts

regular

Synonyms

9 synonyms
A series of connected body organs, such as the digestive…:systemA2
Close in meaning
  • an extended area of land:piece of landpiece of groundparcel of landparcel
  • a brief treatise on a subject of interest; published in the form of a booklet:pamphlet
  • a bundle of myelinated nerve fibers following a path through the brain:nerve pathwaynerve tractpathway

Word family

35 related words
RelatedabstractB1attractB1contractB2detractC2distractB2extractB2subtractB2traitB2treatB1protractretracttractortractabletractatetractiletractiontractive
Derivedbiliary tractcensus tractdigestive tractgastrointestinal tractiliotibial tractpyramidal tractrespiratory tractspinoreticular tracttract hometract housetract housingtractlettract mansiontractographytractotomytract societyurinary tractvocal tract

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
trackA2trackertracksuitB1tractabletractiontractor

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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