What does Retrace mean?

Definitions for Retrace
rɪˈtreɪsre·trace

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. trace, retraceverb

    to go back over again

    "we retraced the route we took last summer"; "trace your path"

  2. reconstruct, construct, retraceverb

    reassemble mentally

    "reconstruct the events of 20 years ago"

Wiktionary

  1. retracenoun

    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. retraceverb

    To trace again; to go back over something, usually in an attempt of rediscovery.

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

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. To Retraceverb

    To trace back.

    Etymology: retracer, Fr.

    Then if the line of Turnus you retrace,
    He springs from Inachus of Argive race. Dryden.

ChatGPT

  1. retrace

    To retrace is to go back over the same path or route that was previously traveled, to repeat or review a past action, or to go over in one's memory of past events or experiences. It can also refer to revisiting or recreating past situations or steps to better understand or recreate a particular event or process.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Retraceverb

    to trace back, as a line

  2. Retraceverb

    to go back, in or over (a previous course); to go over again in a reverse direction; as, to retrace one's steps; to retrace one's proceedings

  3. Retraceverb

    to trace over again, or renew the outline of, as a drawing; to draw again

  4. Etymology: [Pref. re- + trace: cf. F. retracer. Cf. Retract.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Retrace

    rē-trās′, v.t. to trace back: to go back by the same course: to renew the outline of: to repeat.—adj. Retrace′able.

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  1. Retrace

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Retrace in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Retrace in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of Retrace in a Sentence

  1. André Breton:

    Perhaps I am doomed to retrace my steps under the illusion that I am exploring, doomed to try and learn what I should simply recognize, learning a mere fraction of what I have forgotten.

  2. Virgil:

    Oh you who are born of the blood of the gods, Trojan son of Anchises. Easy is the descent to hell the door of dark Dis stands open day and night. But to retrace your steps and come out to the air above, that is work; that is labor.

  3. Goldman Sachs:

    We ... forecast prices will retrace to their lows by October.

  4. Hilary Graves:

    I would like to not have to retrace my family's footsteps back to Oklahoma and Arkansas.

  5. Virgil:

    It is easy to go down into hell night and day, the gates of dark death stand wide, but to climb back again, to retrace one's steps to the upper air - there's the rub, the task.

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