traceable

[ trey-suh-buhl ]
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adjective
  1. capable of being traced.

  2. attributable or ascribable (usually followed by to): a victory traceable to good coaching.

Origin of traceable

1
First recorded in 1740–50; trace1 + -able

Other words from traceable

  • trace·a·bil·i·ty, trace·a·ble·ness, noun
  • trace·a·bly, adverb
  • non·trace·a·bil·i·ty, noun
  • non·trace·a·ble, adjective
  • non·trace·a·ble·ness, noun
  • non·trace·a·bly, adverb
  • un·trace·a·ble, adjective

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How to use traceable in a sentence

  • The Vision fastens upon us, and what was full seems shrunken, what whole and of all time a passing bit, an untraceable flash.

  • Expert legal advice arranged that its actual stock-holders should appear to be untraceable.

    Operation: Outer Space | William Fitzgerald Jenkins
  • The work of that Spirit may be secret, and to the natural eyes untraceable, as the work of the human will is in the human brain.

    Is Life Worth Living? | William Hurrell Mallock