tract
25
5.6
- noun
- /trækt/
:
extensión de terreno
- We have purchased all the rights and large tracts of land in your district... ...and we will be building three factories that will generate 8000 jobs... ...and over a billion dollars of revenue per annum.
- a tract of land
- a large tract
- vast tracts
They've called this inner world a garden, a tract to till and to cultivate.
- They've called this inner world a garden, a tract to till and to cultivate.
- It would take a year to figure out how to do that right to at the census tract level in an entire city, figure out where the black people live right?
Examples
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She's got huge tracts of land.
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The mansion was due to be torn down for a housing tract.
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Enough to buy you a huge tract of land.
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I mean, about closing down the college and turning the grounds into a housing tract?
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He'd also inherited a large tract of land and a house in the country.
Fiction book (1991) -
You own one of the finest tracts of land in upstate New York.
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The giant corporation was preparing to offer immense tracts of land for colonization.
Fiction book (2000) -
Farmers here were cultivating ever greater tracts of land, harvesting more and more grain.
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It's a utility company but Greene's been doing a lot of philanthropic work buying up large tracts of land for ecological preserves.
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The farmer acquired a vast tract of land to expand his agricultural operations.
Synonyms
25
4.9
A piece of land marked to sell or build on
23
1.8
A small area of land that someone owns or uses
20
4.0
A piece of land usually measured in acres and used for farming or building
12
5.2
A large area of land used for farming or raising animals
6
4.1
A large area of land used for a certain purpose
5
2.9
A piece of land sold or owned as one unit
5
2.7
A piece of land used for a specific purpose like building or farming
3
2.8
An area of land used for something, like a garden or park
A large area of land treated as one unit
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
11
3.4
A long tube made of muscle from the mouth to the anus that breaks down food and removes waste
- Specialized
8
3.7
A sickness in the parts that make and hold urine, like the kidneys or bladder, caused by germs
- Specialized
3
3.9
A tube in the body from the mouth to the anus where food is digested and waste leaves the body
- Specialized
3
3.4
Parts of the body, like the nose and throat, that carry air to and from the lungs
- Specialized
2
4.2
The tube in the body from the mouth to the anus that breaks down food and removes waste
- Specialized
1
4.1
A sickness of the parts used for breathing, like the nose and lungs, that causes cough and breathing problems
- Specialized
1
7.6
A bundle of nerve fibers that carries movement signals from the brain to the spinal cord
- Specialized
1
4.1
Part of the breathing system that includes the lungs and big air tubes
- Specialized
1
4.1
The part of the breathing system that includes the nose, throat, and windpipe
- Specialized
A tube in the body from the mouth to the anus that carries food and breaks it down
- Specialized
A sample of cells taken from part of the digestive tract to check for diseases like cancer
- Specialized
A sample from the lungs placed on a slide to look for infection or cancer
- Specialized
Bundles of nerves from the brain to the spinal cord that control movements you choose
- Specialized
Nerve fibers in the brain that carry signals from the eye to the visual area
How Big
Surface Forms
Etymology
Tract (a large area of land) comes from Latin tractus meaning 'a stretch' or 'drawing out', so a tract of land is simply a wide 'stretch' of ground or territory.