TRACT


Meaning of TRACT in English

tract /trækt/ BrE AmE noun [countable]

[ Sense 1-2: Date: 1400-1500 ; Language: Latin ; Origin: tractus 'pulling, extension' , from trahere 'to pull' ]

[ Sense 3: Date: 1400-1500 ; Language: Latin ; Origin: tractatus 'tract' , from tractare ; ⇨ ↑ tractable ]

1 . the digestive/reproductive/urinary etc tract a system of connected organs that have one main purpose in a part of your body

2 . a large area of land:

vast tracts of woodland

3 . formal a short piece of writing, especially about a moral or religious subject:

a tract on the dangers of drink

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THESAURUS

▪ booklet a very short book with paper covers that usually contains information on one particular subject:

a free booklet on drug abuse

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Have you read the information booklet?

▪ brochure a thin book with paper covers that gives information on something you may want to buy or advertises something:

glossy holiday brochures

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The hotel was nothing like it said it would be in the brochure.

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The brochure shows you all the different types of washing machine.

▪ leaflet a small book or piece of paper, often only one or two folded pages, that advertises something or gives information on a particular subject:

a leaflet about library services

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They were handing out leaflets for the Socialist Party.

▪ pamphlet a very thin book with paper covers, in which someone writes about their opinions about something, or gives information about something:

a political pamphlet

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Paine wrote a pamphlet about slavery.

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The pamphlet tells you all you need to know about growing cactuses.

▪ prospectus especially British English a thin paper book that advertises and gives information about a school, college, new business etc:

I asked them to send me the college prospectus.

▪ flyer a small sheet of paper advertising something:

People were giving out flyers advertising the fair.

▪ tract a thin short book, especially about a moral or religious subject - a rather formal use:

Two women were handing out religious tracts.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.