tract
[noun]
Synonyms: area, district, expanse, extent, plot, region, stretch, territory
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[noun]
Synonyms: treatise, booklet, dissertation, essay, homily, monograph, pamphlet

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Related Words: amplitude, spread, stretch, part, portion, section, sector

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English Thesaurus: booklet, brochure, leaflet, pamphlet, prospectus, ...

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

tract /trækt/ 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

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

booklet a very short book with paper covers that usually contains information on one particular subject:
a free booklet on drug abuse
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
The hotel was nothing like it said it would be in the brochure.
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
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
Paine wrote a pamphlet about slavery.
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.

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