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    tract
    [trakt]
    noun
    tract (noun) · tracts (plural noun)
      • an indefinitely large extent of something:
        "it took courage to privatize vast tracts of nationalized industry"
    1. a major passage in the body, large bundle of nerve fibres, or other continuous elongated anatomical structure or region:
      "the digestive tract"
    Origin
    late Middle English (in the sense ‘duration or course of time’): from Latin tractus ‘drawing, draught’, from trahere ‘draw, pull’.
    tract
    [trakt]
    Origin
    late Middle English (denoting a written work treating a particular topic), apparently an abbreviation of Latin tractatus (see tractate). The current sense dates from the early 19th century.
    tract
    [trakt]
    noun
    tract (noun) · tracts (plural noun)
    1. (in the Roman Catholic Church) an anthem of Scriptural verses formerly replacing the alleluia in certain penitential and requiem Masses.
    Origin
    late Middle English: from medieval Latin tractus (cantus) ‘drawn-out (song)’, past participle of Latin trahere ‘draw’.
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    Definition of tract noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary (biology) a system of connected organs or tissues along which materials or messages pass Join our community to access the latest language learning and assessment tips from Oxford University Press! an area of land, especially a large one synonym stretch
    Tract definition: an expanse or area of land, water, etc.; region; stretch. . See examples of TRACT used in a sentence.
    Middle English tracte, from Medieval Latin tractus, from Latin, action of drawing, extension; perhaps from its being sung without a break by one voice 15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 3 1760, in the meaning defined above 14th century, in the meaning defined above “Tract.”
    A tract of land is a very large area of land. They cleared large tracts of forest for farming, logging and ranching. A tract is a short article expressing a strong opinion on a religious, moral, or political subject in order to try to influence people's attitudes . She produced a feminist tract, 'Comments on Birth-Control', in 1930.
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