retrace

See also: retracé

English

Etymology

From French retracer, from Middle French retracier.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (verb) /ɹiːˈtɹeɪs/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• IPA^(key): (noun) /ˈɹiːtɹeɪs/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -eɪs

Verb

retrace (third-person singular simple present retraces, present participle retracing, simple past and past participle retraced)

1. (transitive) To trace (a line, etc. in drawing) again.
2. (transitive) To go back over something, usually in an attempt at rediscovery.

   He retraced his steps, and found his keys where he had dropped them.

   • 2022 November 2, Paul Bigland, “New trains, old trains, and splendid scenery”, in RAIL, number 969, page 56:

     Instead of retracing my route, I have elected to walk across Blackpool to the town's remaining large station, although even this has been greatly reduced in size.

3. (intransitive, finance) To undergo retracement.

Derived terms

• retrace one's steps

Translations

to trace again

Bulgarian: проследявам (bg) (prosledjavam) German: nachvollziehen (de), zurückverfolgen (de) Interlingua: retraciar Navajo: naʼídíkééʼ Scottish Gaelic: ath-lorgaich Turkish: kaynağına inmek, kökenine inmek Woiwurrung: nook-kindan-twakin-a-â

Noun

retrace (plural retraces)

1. (television) The period when the beam of the cathode-ray tube returns to its initial horizontal position in order to start the next line of the display.
2. (finance) An instance of retracement.

Translations

the period when the beam of the cathode-ray tube returnes to its initial horizontal position

Anagrams

• Terrace, caterer, reacter, recrate, terrace

French

Verb

retrace

1. inflection of retracer:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative