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Antonyms for tract

Grammar : Noun
Spell : trakt
Phonetic Transcription : trækt

Definition of tract

Origin :
  • "area," late 15c., "period or lapse of time," from Latin tractus "track, course, space, duration," lit, "a drawing out or pulling," from stem of trahere "to pull, draw," from PIE root *tragh- "to draw, drag, move" (cf. Slovenian trag "trace, track," Middle Irish tragud "ebb," perhaps with a variant form *dhragh-; see drag (v.)). The meaning "stretch of land or water" is first recorded 1550s. Specific U.S. sense of "plot of land for development" is recorded from 1912; tract houses attested from 1963.
  • noun area, lot
Example sentences :
  • The business proposed was to buy a tract of land, and subdivide it.
  • Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
  • In moving sideways, the Tract or Line must also be considered as to its two sides, viz.
  • Extract from : « Orchesography » by John Weaver
  • This Tract is only a borrow'd Tract, and which may be drawn any way, as shall be most convenient.
  • Extract from : « Orchesography » by John Weaver
  • In this tract he invites every man to utter his views on the subject.
  • Extract from : « Slavery Ordained of God » by Rev. Fred A. Ross, D.D.
  • There is no shape or proportion in the composition of his tract as it stands.
  • Extract from : « Henry the Sixth » by John Blacman
  • Of John Blacman or Blakman, the author of our tract, not a great deal is known.
  • Extract from : « Henry the Sixth » by John Blacman
  • The "small seat," the size of a buffalo skin, became a tract of land.
  • Extract from : « Stories the Iroquois Tell Their Children » by Mabel Powers
  • When he gave to us his Tract on Fasting, he put his initials to it.
  • Extract from : « Apologia Pro Vita Sua » by John Henry Cardinal Newman
  • This again was a main reason for the publication of Tract 90.
  • Extract from : « Apologia Pro Vita Sua » by John Henry Cardinal Newman
  • His Tract on Fasting appeared as one of the series with the date of December 21.
  • Extract from : « Apologia Pro Vita Sua » by John Henry Cardinal Newman

Synonyms for tract

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