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View synonyms for retrace

retrace

[ ri-treys ]

verb (used with object)

, re·traced, re·trac·ing.
  1. to trace backward; go back over:

    to retrace one's steps.

  2. to go back over with the memory.
  3. to go over again with the sight or attention.


retrace

/ rɪˈtreɪs /

verb

  1. to go back over (one's steps, a route, etc) again

    we retraced the route we took last summer

  2. to go over (a past event) in the mind; recall
  3. to go over (a story, account, etc) from the beginning
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • reˈtracement, noun
  • reˈtraceable, adjective
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Other Words From

  • re·tracea·ble adjective
  • re·tracement noun
  • nonre·tracea·ble adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of retrace1

1690–1700; < French retracer, Middle French retracier, equivalent to re- re- + tracier to trace 1
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Example Sentences

Everything users do through the interface, which uses Palantir’s GovCloud platform, is carefully preserved, so anyone with access can retrace their steps.

Almost 20 years ago, Eric Sheppard picked up the slave narrative written by his distant ancestor, Moses Grandy, and set out to retrace his long trudge to freedom.

When turning off a path, we often take a special look around the crucial spot so we can retrace our steps.

Evidence of an infection that has already cleared can also help researchers retrace a virus’s steps.

Technology offered a way to automate time-honored contact tracing efforts in which public health investigators ask patients to retrace their footsteps in order to deduce where they got infected.

"To R——," replied the man, as he turned silently and sullenly to retrace his steps.

"I don't care to retrace all of mine," said Mr. Bradford, whose pale face wore a smile beneath its bandage.

Then, slowly, she began to retrace her steps toward the corner from which she had started.

Whatever it was, we thought it prudent to retrace our steps, and went down to the sea again by the same path.

But we must now leave the king, and retrace history to the commencement of the civil war.

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