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What prefixes or suffixes can be added to tract?

Here are some prefixes and suffixes that can be added to "tract" along with examples:

Prefixes:

* at-: meaning "to," "toward," or "against"

* attract: to draw towards

* contradict: to speak against

* de-: meaning "away from" or "opposite"

* detract: to take away from

* distract: to draw attention away

* ex-: meaning "out" or "from"

* extract: to pull out

* re-: meaning "again" or "back"

* retract: to take back

* sub-: meaning "under" or "below"

* subtract: to take away from

Suffixes:

* -able: meaning "capable of"

* tractable: easily managed

* contractable: able to be contracted

* -ion: meaning "action" or "process"

* contraction: a shortening

* -ive: meaning "relating to" or "tending to"

* attractive: appealing

* contractive: tending to contract

* -or: meaning "one who does"

* tractor: a vehicle that pulls

* -ory: meaning "relating to"

* tractory: relating to a tract

* -ate: meaning "make" or "cause"

* tractate: to treat systematically

Other combinations:

* tractate: a treatise or systematic exposition

* tractrix: a curve traced by a point on a taut string as it is unwound from a fixed point

This is not an exhaustive list, but it gives you a good starting point for exploring the various ways "tract" can be combined with prefixes and suffixes to create new words.

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