Retrace

  • 11retrace — verb (T) 1 to go back the way you have come: retrace your steps: After about fifty paces, he turned around and began to retrace his steps. 2 to repeat exactly the same journey that someone else has made: We shall be retracing the route taken by… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 12Retrace — I Retrace,  Hardware: [engl.], Strahlrücklauf. II Retrace,  Fehlersuche: Trace back …

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  • 13retrace — re|trace [ ,ri treıs ] verb transitive 1. ) to return along the same path or ROUTE that you have just traveled along: retrace your footsteps/steps: We retraced our footsteps through the wood. a ) to go along the same path or ROUTE that someone… …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 14retrace — [[t]rɪtre͟ɪs[/t]] retraces, retracing, retraced VERB If you retrace your steps or retrace your way, you return to the place you started from by going back along the same route. [V n] He retraced his steps to the spot where he d left the case …

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  • 15retrace — retraceable, adj. retracement, n. /ri trays /, v.t., retraced, retracing. 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. 4. re trace. [1690 1700; <&#8230; …

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  • 16retrace — verb Retrace is used with these nouns as the object: ↑footstep, ↑path, ↑route, ↑step …

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  • 17retrace — [rɪˈtreɪs] verb retrace your steps to return along the same path that you have just travelled along[/ex] …

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  • 18retrace — re•trace [[t]rɪˈtreɪs[/t]] v. t. traced, trac•ing 1) to trace backward; go back over: to retrace one s steps[/ex] 2) to go back over with the memory 3) to go over again with the sight or attention • Etymology: 1690–1700; &LT; F retracer, MF&#8230; …

    From formal English to slang

  • 19retrace — /rəˈtreɪs / (say ruh trays) verb (t) (retraced, retracing) 1. to trace back; 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. {French retracer, from re re + tracer trace1}&#8230; …

  • 20retrace one's steps — index return (go back) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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