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# tract

noun (a tract, tracts)

«tract» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A tract is a large area of land or water. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tract/#m1)
2. In the body, a tract is a long system of connected parts, like the digestive tract or the respiratory tract. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tract/#m2)
3. A tract is also a short booklet or leaflet that tries to persuade people, often about religion or politics. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tract/#m3)

### In the lessons

In science it comes up in the body: the digestive tract (food pipe, stomach, intestines) and the respiratory tract (nose, windpipe, lungs). In geography it describes big pieces of land. In history and church life a tract was a booklet handed out to spread an idea. Phrases: a vast tract of, digestive tract, respiratory tract, a religious tract.

### Examples

- Huge tracts of rainforest have been cut down. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tract/#x1)
- Food passes through the digestive tract. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tract/#x2)
- A cold is an infection of the upper respiratory tract. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tract/#x3)
- The settlers bought a tract of land near the river. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tract/#x4)
- A man at the station was handing out religious tracts. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tract/#x5)
- Vast tracts of Australia are desert. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tract/#x6)
- So one day, when they happened to be passing through a pleasant and solitary tract of country, he sat himself down on a heap of moss. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tract/#x7)

### Note

Countable. Trap: tract is not track (a path or rail) and not traction. Related words: attract, extract, subtract all share the Latin root for "pull".

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «tract» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tract/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«tract» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/tract.html) on Mova free.