TRACT


Meaning of TRACT in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ trækt ]

( tracts)

1.

A tract of land is a very large area of land.

A vast tract of land is ready for development...

N-COUNT : usu N of n

2.

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.

= pamphlet

N-COUNT

3.

A tract is a system of organs and tubes in an animal’s or person’s body that has a particular function, especially the function of processing a substance in the body. ( MEDICAL )

Foods are broken down in the digestive tract...

...urinary tract infections.

N-COUNT : usu supp N

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