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tract
(TRAKT)to pull or drag
Latin for pulling or drawing. A tractor pulls; a contract pulls people into agreement.
rootLatin
MovementExample words
attract
to pull toward
extract
to pull out
tractor
a vehicle that pulls farm tools
subtract
to take away (pull from under)
distract
to pull attention away
Words in our dictionary that use this root
Every dataset word containing tract, with the parts it shares with other roots in our set.
attract
to pull toward
extract
to pull out
tractor
a vehicle that pulls farm tools
subtract
to take away (pull from under)
distract
to pull attention away
abstract
drawn away from concrete reality; conceptual
Common Core alignment
Grades served: 4, 5
- L.4.4bUse common, grade-appropriate Greek and Latin affixes and roots as clues to the meaning of a word (e.g., telegraph, photograph, autograph).
- L.5.4bUse common, grade-appropriate Greek and Latin affixes and roots as clues to the meaning of a word (e.g., photograph, photosynthesis).
Movement. Roots about going, sending, carrying, and getting somewhere.
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