- present participle of trace.
noun
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a copy made by tracing
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the act of making a trace
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a record made by an instrument
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of tracing
Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400; see origin at trace 1, -ing 1
Example Sentences
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In a bid to boost tracing goods, the EU will make it mandatory from November 1, 2026 to provide reference details about the products.
From Barron's ● Jun. 30, 2026
In DR Congo, the health ministry says it has stepped up surveillance systems, contact tracing and treatment infrastructure, with dedicated centres in several affected towns.
From BBC ● Jun. 19, 2026
Centers for Disease Control to conduct contact tracing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 14, 2026
This response has relied on expert CDC staff stationed locally to provide proven tools for stopping Ebola outbreaks, including testing, contact tracing, and technical and epidemiological support.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 3, 2026
What purpose I had in view when I was hot on tracing out and proving Estella’s parentage, I cannot say.
From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens
An army of people would spend a week or two searching for tiger tracks and making tracings or plaster casts of the left hind foot.
From Slate ● Apr. 28, 2026
The platform’s inputs are “imaging of any type—ECG, heart tracings, echocardiograms, blood tests, labs, genetic tests and, importantly, the electronic health record,” Dr. Mansi says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 19, 2026
I could ignore my past struggles, pretend they no longer matter, but indelible tracings remain.
From Salon ● Aug. 28, 2022
Under the glass surface on his desk, Manger keeps sketched tracings of the names of officers who died in the line of duty under his command.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 30, 2019
She’d been younger than Jojo at the time, but Stella remembered the furtive whispers and the tracings of fear on the grown-ups around her when it had happened.
From "Stella by Starlight" by Sharon M. Draper
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