tracing

[ trey-sing ]

noun

1. the act of a person or thing that traces.
2. something that is produced by tracing.
3. a copy of a drawing, map, plan, etc., made by tracing on a transparent sheet placed over the original.
4. the record made by a self-registering instrument.

tracing

/ ˈtreɪsɪŋ /

noun

1. a copy made by tracing
2. the act of making a trace
3. a record made by an instrument

Word History and Origins

Origin of tracing¹

Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400; trace ¹, -ing ¹

Example Sentences

What was the process like in tracing through these memories?

From The Daily Beast

Fans and novices soon became swept up in the movement, tracing each work like buried treasure.

From The Daily Beast

Turning the tide of the epidemic, he says, will require “rigorous contact, tracing, and quarantining.”

From The Daily Beast

But actually, contact tracing is the core principle of all public-health endeavors.

From The Daily Beast

In other words, contact tracing with appropriate surveillance of those at risk has worked exactly according to plan.

From The Daily Beast

His researches soon came to the ears of the police, still tracing the mysterious José Puégas.

From Project Gutenberg

Sometimes the tracing down may have been done by some advanced pupil or competent assistant.

From Project Gutenberg

Tracing back Tchaikovskys pedigree, we do not find a single name connected with music.

From Project Gutenberg

In tracing the natural history of a public-house I have found the respectable dullards the most revolting of my subjects.

From Project Gutenberg

It is necessary to go back some years for the purpose of tracing the origin and progress of this quarrel.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• architecture
• arrangement
• composition
• construction
• drawing
• form
• idea
• layout
• map
• method
• model
• pattern
• picture
• plan
• scheme
• study