English words starting with tr - page 2

Meanings of Tractability:

noun

The quality of being tractable (= easily dealt with, controlled, or persuaded)

Usage examples:

He demands great skill, or, if you have none, great tractability., the engine was renowned for its …

Meanings of Tractable:

adjective

(of a person) easy to control or influence.

Usage examples:

She has always been tractable and obedient, even as a child

Meanings of Tractarianism:

noun

Another name for oxford movement.

Meanings of Tractates:

noun

A treatise.

Usage examples:

Thomas's early discussion of the way theoretical sciences are distinguished from one another in the…

Meanings of Traction:

noun

The action of drawing or pulling something over a surface, especially a road or track.

Usage examples:

A primitive vehicle used in animal traction

Meanings of Tractive:

adjective

Relating to or denoting the power exerted in pulling, especially by a vehicle or other machine.

Usage examples:

The two cylinders will give a tractive effort of 33,170 lbs

Meanings of Tractor:

noun

A powerful motor vehicle with large rear wheels, used chiefly on farms for hauling equipment and trailers.

Usage examples:

Farther north, a farm wife drives a tractor pulling a flat rack.

Meanings of Tractors:

noun

A powerful motor vehicle with large rear wheels, used chiefly on farms for hauling equipment and trailers.

Usage examples:

Farther north, a farm wife drives a tractor pulling a flat rack.

Meanings of Tractrices:

noun

A curve whose tangents all intercept the x -axis at the same distance from the point of contact, being the involute of a catenary.

Meanings of Tractrix:

noun

A curve whose tangents all intercept the x -axis at the same distance from the point of contact, being the involute of a catenary.

Meanings of Tracts:

noun

An area of land, typically a large one.

Usage examples:

Large tracts of natural forest

Meanings of Trad:

adjective

(especially of music) traditional.

Usage examples:

Trad jazz

noun

Traditional jazz or folk music.

Usage examples:

When the band was first formed, the idea of fusing rhythm based music from africa and beyond with m…

Meanings of Tradable:

adjective

Able or suitable to be bought or sold.

Usage examples:

They hope to escape not only with tradable goods, but their lives

noun

Items intended for trade.

Usage examples:

Access to international markets contributes to higher prices of tradables

Meanings of Tradal:

adjective

Of or relating to trade or commerce; commercial.

Meanings of Trade:

noun

The action of buying and selling goods and services.

Usage examples:

A move to ban all trade in ivory

verb

Buy and sell goods and services.

Usage examples:

Middlemen trading in luxury goods

Meanings of Trade down:

phrasal verb

Sell something in order to buy something similar but less expensive.

Usage examples:

This house is ideal for someone thinking of trading down

Meanings of Trade in:

collocation

Turn in as payment or part payment for a purchase

phrasal verb

Exchange a used article in part payment for another.

Usage examples:

She traded in her ford for a land rover

Meanings of Trade on:

phrasal verb

Take advantage of something, especially in an unfair way.

Usage examples:

The government is trading on fears of inflation

noun

→  gatt

Meanings of Trade up:

phrasal verb

Sell something in order to buy something similar but more expensive.

Usage examples:

There are a lot of people who want to trade up

Meanings of Trade-fair:

noun

→  trade show

Meanings of Trade-name:

noun

→  brand name noun

Usage examples:

The fund management operation uses the trade name morley.

Meanings of Trade-off:

phrase

An exchange that occurs as a compromise

noun

A balance achieved between two desirable but incompatible features; a compromise.

Usage examples:

A trade-off between objectivity and relevance

phrasal verb

To accept something bad in order to have something good

Usage examples:

Trade sth off for sth they are uneasy with trading off future revenue for easy cash now., a trade-o…

Meanings of Trade-places:

idiom

To exchange positions with someone

Usage examples:

We traded places so he could sit near the window., he might be rich, but i wouldn't change places w…

Meanings of Trade-upon:

phrasal verb

To use something for your own advantage, esp. unfairly

Usage examples:

He ran the kind of political campaign that trades on people’s fear of crime.

Meanings of Trade-with:

idiom

To exchange positions with someone

Usage examples:

We traded places so he could sit near the window., he might be rich, but i wouldn't change places w…