--- title: T — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 40 description: The 1049 words of the English dictionary under T, every meaning for a pupil and every example with its dependency tree and pragmatics. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/T/page/40/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/) / [English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/) / T # T — The English dictionary · page 40 [A](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/A/) · [B](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/) · [C](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/) · [D](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/D/) · 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[50](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/T/page/50/) … [58](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/T/page/58/) **traceable** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Able to be found or followed back to where it started.[↗](../../traceable/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Able to be copied by drawing over it (rare).[↗](../../traceable/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* All the meat in this shop is traceable to local farms.[↗](../../traceable/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The problem was traceable to a broken wire.[↗](../../traceable/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Online messages are often traceable.[↗](../../traceable/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Her family is traceable back many generations.[↗](../../traceable/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The parcel is traceable with a tracking number.[↗](../../traceable/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The smell was traceable to a rotten apple.[↗](../../traceable/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The travels of the "Fables of Bidpai" from India to Europe are well known and distinctly traceable.[↗](../../traceable/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **track** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A track is a path or course for running or racing: a running track.[↗](../../track/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Tracks are the metal rails that trains run on.[↗](../../track/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Tracks are marks left on the ground by an animal, person or vehicle: footprints.[↗](../../track/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* To track means to follow the marks of something, or to follow where it goes.[↗](../../track/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* To keep track of something is to keep count or know where it is.[↗](../../track/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 6:* A track is one song or piece on an album.[↗](../../track/#m6 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The track is 400 meters around.[↗](../../track/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · She ran 3 laps of the track.[↗](../../track/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · He keeps track of his savings.[↗](../../track/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The train track is 20 km long.[↗](../../track/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · We found deer tracks in the snow.[↗](../../track/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Never walk on the railway tracks.[↗](../../track/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · I lost track of time and was late.[↗](../../track/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Use a tally chart to keep track of the votes.[↗](../../track/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · He knew well how to track the deer and buffalo.[↗](../../track/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **tracker** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A person who follows the tracks or signs of animals or people to find them.[↗](../../tracker/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A device or app that shows where something or someone is, or records information: a GPS tracker, a fitness tracker.[↗](../../tracker/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A chart or list for following progress: a reading tracker, a habit tracker.[↗](../../tracker/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (internet) A hidden piece of code on a website that records what you do online.[↗](../../tracker/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The tracker followed the bear's footprints in the snow.[↗](../../tracker/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Dad's fitness tracker says he walked 10,000 steps today.[↗](../../tracker/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · We put a GPS tracker on the dog's collar.[↗](../../tracker/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Fill in your reading tracker every night.[↗](../../tracker/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The parcel tracker says our delivery will arrive this afternoon.[↗](../../tracker/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Some websites use trackers to see what you click.[↗](../../tracker/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · He shall become a great tracker.[↗](../../tracker/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **tract** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A tract is a large area of land or water.[↗](../../tract/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* In the body, a tract is a long system of connected parts, like the digestive tract or the respiratory tract.[↗](../../tract/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A tract is also a short booklet or leaflet that tries to persuade people, often about religion or politics.[↗](../../tract/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Huge tracts of rainforest have been cut down.[↗](../../tract/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Food passes through the digestive tract.[↗](../../tract/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · A cold is an infection of the upper respiratory tract.[↗](../../tract/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The settlers bought a tract of land near the river.[↗](../../tract/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · A man at the station was handing out religious tracts.[↗](../../tract/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Vast tracts of Australia are desert.[↗](../../tract/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · So one day, when they happened to be passing through a pleasant and solitary tract of country, he sat himself down on a heap of moss.[↗](../../tract/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **traction** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Traction is the grip that stops a wheel, shoe or tyre from slipping on a surface.[↗](../../traction/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Traction is the pulling force used to move something along, like an engine pulling a train.[↗](../../traction/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* In hospital, traction is a set of weights and pulleys that gently pulls a broken bone or injured back into the right place.[↗](../../traction/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (informal) An idea or plan gains traction when more and more people start to support it.[↗](../../traction/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* My trainers have good traction on the gym floor.[↗](../../traction/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The car lost traction on the icy road and slid.[↗](../../traction/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Put sand on the ice to give the wheels more traction.[↗](../../traction/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Steam engines gave the traction that pulled the first trains.[↗](../../traction/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · After the fall, Grandad's leg was in traction for two weeks.[↗](../../traction/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The idea of a longer lunch break gained traction with the whole class.[↗](../../traction/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Mud gives bike tyres very little traction.[↗](../../traction/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **tractor** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A tractor is a strong farm vehicle with big back wheels, used to pull ploughs, trailers and other machines.[↗](../../tractor/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A tractor can also be a large truck cab that pulls a trailer (a «tractor-trailer»).[↗](../../tractor/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The farmer drove the red tractor across the field.[↗](../../tractor/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · A tractor pulled the plough through the soil.[↗](../../tractor/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · We had a tractor ride at the farm show.[↗](../../tractor/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Tractors have huge back wheels for muddy ground.[↗](../../tractor/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Never play near a working tractor.[↗](../../tractor/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The tractor carried bales of hay to the barn.[↗](../../tractor/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · My little brother loves toy tractors.[↗](../../tractor/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **trade** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Trade is the buying and selling of goods between people, shops or countries.[↗](../../trade/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To trade is to swap one thing for another.[↗](../../trade/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A trade is a job that needs skill with the hands, like a plumber or electrician.[↗](../../trade/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* A trade is a single swap or deal.[↗](../../trade/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* I traded my apple for her biscuit.[↗](../../trade/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Ancient ships carried trade across the sea.[↗](../../trade/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The Vikings traded furs and silver.[↗](../../trade/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Do you want to trade cards?[↗](../../trade/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · My uncle is a builder by trade.[↗](../../trade/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · That was a fair trade.[↗](../../trade/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Fair trade chocolate gives farmers a better price.[↗](../../trade/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Dad traded in his old car for a new one.[↗](../../trade/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · You yourself asked me my trade.[↗](../../trade/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And ye shall dwell with us; and the land shall be before you; dwell and trade ye therein, and get you possessions therein.'[↗](../../trade/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.34.10, JPS 1917)[↗](../../trade/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · They of the house of Togarmah traded for thy wares with horses and horsemen and mules.[↗](../../trade/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets EZK.27.14, JPS 1917)[↗](../../trade/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · Vedan and Javan traded with yarn for thy wares; massive iron, cassia, and calamus, were among thy merchandise.[↗](../../trade/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets EZK.27.19, JPS 1917)[↗](../../trade/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · Javan, Tubal, and Meshech, they were thy traffickers; they traded the persons of men and vessels of brass for thy merchandise.[↗](../../trade/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets EZK.27.13, JPS 1917)[↗](../../trade/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") **trader** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A trader is a person who buys and sells goods to make money, such as a market trader.[↗](../../trader/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (money) A trader is a person who buys and sells shares, money or other goods on a stock market.[↗](../../trader/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (history) Traders carried goods like spices, silk and furs between faraway lands.[↗](../../trader/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The market trader sold apples three for a pound.[↗](../../trader/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Viking traders sailed far to sell furs.[↗](../../trader/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · A trader buys low and sells high to make a profit.[↗](../../trader/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The fruit trader gave me an extra orange.[↗](../../trader/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Traders on the Silk Road carried silk from China.[↗](../../trader/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Dad is a sole trader who runs his own plumbing business.[↗](../../trader/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · "What is the price of this cloth?" one trader will ask another.[↗](../../trader/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · beside that which came of the merchants, and of the traffic of the traders, and of all the kings of the mingled people and of the governors of the country.[↗](../../trader/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 1KI.10.15, JPS 1917)[↗](../../trader/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **tradesman** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A tradesman is a person with skilled practical work, such as a plumber, electrician or builder.[↗](../../tradesman/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (UK, old) A tradesman is also a shopkeeper or someone who delivers goods.[↗](../../tradesman/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We called a tradesman to fix the boiler.[↗](../../tradesman/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · My uncle is a tradesman; he is an electrician.[↗](../../tradesman/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The tradesmen arrived early to build the wall.[↗](../../tradesman/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · In the old house there was a tradesman's entrance.[↗](../../tradesman/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · A good tradesman uses the right tools.[↗](../../tradesman/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Many tradesmen learn their skills as apprentices.[↗](../../tradesman/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Less than six years afterwards the baron passed out of his castle-gate a poor beggar, while the baronial seat had been bought by a rich tradesman.[↗](../../tradesman/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **tradition** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A custom, belief or way of doing things that has been passed down from older people to younger people for a long time.[↗](../../tradition/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A thing a family or group always does at a certain time (a birthday tradition).[↗](../../tradition/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* The general way things have been done for a long time (by tradition).[↗](../../tradition/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* It's a tradition in our family to have pancakes on Sunday mornings.[↗](../../tradition/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Carving pumpkins at Halloween is a tradition.[↗](../../tradition/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Every culture has its own traditions.[↗](../../tradition/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · By tradition, the youngest child opens the first present.[↗](../../tradition/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Lighting candles at Diwali is an old tradition.[↗](../../tradition/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Our school has a tradition of planting a tree each year.[↗](../../tradition/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Grandma taught us traditions from her country.[↗](../../tradition/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · This is probably another case of adapting one tradition to another.[↗](../../tradition/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · There exist alternative traditions where this term in the SY is vocalized instead as אַמּוֹת ammot 'cubits' or אֻמּוֹת ummot 'nations'.[↗](../../tradition/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)[↗](../../tradition/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Although Resh is usually thought to belong to the letters which cannot normally receive a dagesh, this was apparently not the case for these traditions.[↗](../../tradition/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)[↗](../../tradition/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · Nonetheless, English translators have usually shied away from the this-worldly symbolism of the ‘Holy Wind’, much preferring immaterial ‘Spirit’ either out of theological embarrassment or deference to tradition.[↗](../../tradition/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)[↗](../../tradition/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") **traditional** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Traditional means done the same way for a long time and passed down from older people to younger people.[↗](../../traditional/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Traditional also means old-fashioned or usual, not new or modern.[↗](../../traditional/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We read a traditional tale about a clever fox.[↗](../../traditional/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Haggis is a traditional Scottish food.[↗](../../traditional/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · She wore traditional dress for the festival.[↗](../../traditional/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Morris dancing is a traditional English dance.[↗](../../traditional/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Grandma makes the cake the traditional way.[↗](../../traditional/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The Maori haka is a traditional dance from New Zealand.[↗](../../traditional/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Many families have a traditional meal on holidays.[↗](../../traditional/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Our school has a traditional sports day every summer.[↗](../../traditional/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **traditionally** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Traditionally means in the way that has been done for a long time by a family, group or country.[↗](../../traditionally/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* It can also mean «usually, as people have long expected».[↗](../../traditionally/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Traditionally, people eat turkey at Thanksgiving in the USA.[↗](../../traditionally/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Pancakes are traditionally eaten on Shrove Tuesday in the UK.[↗](../../traditionally/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Kilts are traditionally worn in Scotland.[↗](../../traditionally/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The bread is traditionally baked in a stone oven.[↗](../../traditionally/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Traditionally, the youngest child lights the first candle.[↗](../../traditionally/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · In Australia, a meat pie is traditionally eaten at the footy.[↗](../../traditionally/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **traffic** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* The cars, buses, lorries, bikes and other vehicles moving on roads.[↗](../../traffic/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* The amount of movement of people, ships, planes or data: air traffic, internet traffic.[↗](../../traffic/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Illegal buying and selling (traffic in drugs — adult use).[↗](../../traffic/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Wait for the green man at the traffic lights.[↗](../../traffic/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The traffic was very heavy this morning.[↗](../../traffic/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · We were stuck in a traffic jam.[↗](../../traffic/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Look out for traffic before you cross.[↗](../../traffic/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · In the UK traffic drives on the left.[↗](../../traffic/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · In the USA traffic drives on the right.[↗](../../traffic/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Never play ball near traffic.[↗](../../traffic/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Air traffic controllers guide planes.[↗](../../traffic/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · An old house stood there; it was in the large town with its busy traffic.[↗](../../traffic/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And bring your youngest brother unto me; then shall I know that ye are no spies, but that ye are upright men; so will I deliver you your brother, and ye shall traffic in the land.'[↗](../../traffic/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.42.34, JPS 1917)[↗](../../traffic/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · Haran and Canneh and Eden, the traffickers of Sheba, Asshur was as thine apprentice in traffic.[↗](../../traffic/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets EZK.27.23, JPS 1917)[↗](../../traffic/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · Thou hast moreover multiplied thy harlotry with the land of traffic, even with Chaldea; and yet thou didst not have enough herewith.[↗](../../traffic/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets EZK.16.29, JPS 1917)[↗](../../traffic/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · In thy great wisdom by thy traffic hast thou increased thy riches, and thy heart is lifted up because of thy riches — (Prophets EZK.28.5, JPS 1917)[↗](../../traffic/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") **trafficker** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* A person who trades or does business, buying and selling goods.[↗](../../trafficker/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Dedan was thy trafficker in precious cloths for riding.[↗](../../trafficker/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets EZK.27.20, JPS 1917)[↗](../../trafficker/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · As for the trafficker, the balances of deceit are in his hand.[↗](../../trafficker/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets HOS.12.8, JPS 1917)[↗](../../trafficker/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Haran and Canneh and Eden, the traffickers of Sheba, Asshur was as thine apprentice in traffic.[↗](../../trafficker/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets EZK.27.23, JPS 1917)[↗](../../trafficker/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **tragedy** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A tragedy is a very sad event that causes great suffering, damage or death, like a terrible accident or disaster.[↗](../../tragedy/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A tragedy is a serious play or story that ends sadly, often with the death of the main character, as in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet.[↗](../../tragedy/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (informal) Tragedy can be used jokingly for something small that seems sad, like dropping your ice cream.[↗](../../tragedy/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The sinking of the Titanic was a great tragedy.[↗](../../tragedy/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The town held a minute's silence after the tragedy.[↗](../../tragedy/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Romeo and Juliet is one of Shakespeare's most famous tragedies.[↗](../../tragedy/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Tragedy struck when the bridge collapsed.[↗](../../tragedy/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The day out ended in tragedy.[↗](../../tragedy/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · I dropped my ice cream — what a tragedy\![↗](../../tragedy/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") (joking)[↗](../../tragedy/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · And then one night came the tragedy.[↗](../../tragedy/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **tragic** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Tragic means very sad, usually because someone has died or suffered something terrible.[↗](../../tragic/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* In literature, tragic means to do with a tragedy, a serious play or story that ends in disaster for the main character.[↗](../../tragic/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (informal, slang) Tragic can mean embarrassingly bad.[↗](../../tragic/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* "His dancing is tragic."[↗](../../tragic/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The ship sank in a tragic accident.[↗](../../tragic/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · It is tragic that so many animals lose their homes in fires.[↗](../../tragic/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The story has a tragic ending.[↗](../../tragic/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The tragic hero makes one big mistake that ruins him.[↗](../../tragic/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · (slang) "That haircut is tragic," my brother joked.[↗](../../tragic/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · We heard the tragic news on the radio.[↗](../../tragic/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · She let her 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