Tract Definition

trăkt
tracts
noun
tracts
A period of time.
Webster's New World
A specified or limited area of land.
Developing a 30-acre tract.
American Heritage
A continuous expanse of land or of water, mineral deposit, etc.; stretch; extent; area.
Webster's New World
Duration or lapse of time.
Webster's New World
A housing development.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
verb

(obsolete) To pursue, follow; to track.

Wiktionary

(obsolete) To draw out; to protract.

Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Tract

Noun

Singular:
tract
Plural:
tracts

Origin of Tract

  • Middle English tracte treatise probably short for Latin tractātus from past participle of tractāre to discuss frequentative of trahere to draw

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Middle English tracte from Medieval Latin tractus from Latin a drawing out (from its being an uninterrupted solo) tract1

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Middle English period of time from Latin tractus course, space, period of time from past participle of trahere to draw

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From tractus, the perfect passive participle of Latin trahō.

    From Wiktionary

  • From tractus, the participle stem of Latin trahere.

    From Wiktionary

Tract Sentence Examples

  • The site is a level oblong tract extending along the Hudson for 7 m.

  • Parma, one of the finest cities of northern Italy, lies in a fertile tract of the Lombard plain, within view of the Alps and sheltered by the Apennines, 170 ft.

  • The tract lying to the north-west contains the states of Bikanir, Jaisalmer and Jodhpur.

  • He then returned to Bavaria, and his absence bringing him into ill odour at Vienna, he complained of the incompetence of the council of commerce and dedicated a tract on trade (CommercienTractat) to the emperor Leopold.

  • On the whole, however, France is inadequately provided with natural harbours; her long tract of coast washed by the Atlantic and the Bay of Biscay has sqarcely three or four good seaports, and those on the southern shore of the Channel form a striking contrast to the spacious maritime inlets on theEnglish side.

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