tract
Meanings
Plural: tracts
Noun
- an extended area of land
- a system of body parts that together serve some particular purpose
- a brief treatise on a subject of interest; published in the form of a booklet
- a bundle of myelinated nerve fibers following a path through the brain
- An area or expanse.
- 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
- 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.
- Continuity or extension of anything.
- Traits; features; lineaments.
- The footprint of a wild animal.
- Track; trace.
- Treatment; exposition.
Verb
- To pursue, follow; to track.
- To draw out; to protract.
- To treat, discourse, negotiate.
Origin / Etymology
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.
Synonyms
nerve pathway, nerve tract, pamphlet, parcel, parcel of land, pathway, piece of ground, piece of land, system
Scrabble Score: 7
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