Tract
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /tɹækt/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Tract is a noun meaning An area or expanse.
Meaning
An area or expanse.
More Meanings
- (anatomy) A series of connected body organs, such as the digestive tract.
- A small booklet such as a pamphlet, often for promotional or informational uses.
- A brief treatise or discourse on a subject.
- A commentator's view or perspective on a subject.
- Continued or protracted duration, length, extent
- (Roman Catholicism) 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.
- (obsolete) Continuity or extension of anything.
Example Sentences
the deep tract of hell
small tracks of ground
improved by tract of time
an unexplored tract of sea
Word Forms
- tracts
- tracting
- tracted
Synonyms for tract
Depending on context, synonyms include system, parcel, pathway, pamphlet.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include parcel, pathway, pamphlet, apparatus, device, bunch.
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