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From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Geography, Newspapers, printing, publishingtracttract /trΓ¦kt/ ●○○ noun [countable] 1 β†’ the digestive/reproductive/urinary etc tract2 SGAREAa large area of land vast tracts of woodland3 formalTCN a short piece of writing, especially about a moral or religious subject a tract on the dangers of drinkExamples from the Corpustractβ€’ Bible tractsβ€’ Another correspondent asked for cheap tracts which she could distribute to the poor as the middle class were already knowledgeable.β€’ These histological findings were similar in all parts of the gastrointestinal tract.β€’ As indicated, Spenser was unsuccessful, his tract censored.β€’ There are large tracts of vacant land near the river, which could be used for farming.β€’ Large tracts of the North-East and North Yorkshire are used by the Army for training.β€’ His fame rests on the flurry of tracts he published in his last years, and little is known of his background.β€’ Vast tracts of Brazilian rain forest continue to be cut down every year.Origin tract 1. (1400-1500) Latin tractus β€œpulling, extension”, from trahere β€œto pull”2. (1400-1500) Latin tractatus β€œtract”, from tractare; β†’ TRACTABLE
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