What does Retrace mean?
Definitions for Retrace
rɪˈtreɪsre·trace
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Princeton's WordNet
trace, retraceverb
to go back over again
"we retraced the route we took last summer"; "trace your path"
reconstruct, construct, retraceverb
reassemble mentally
"reconstruct the events of 20 years ago"
Wiktionary
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.
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
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
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
Retraceverb
to trace back, as a line
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
Retraceverb
to trace over again, or renew the outline of, as a drawing; to draw again
Etymology: [Pref. re- + trace: cf. F. retracer. Cf. Retract.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
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.
CrunchBase
Retrace
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Anagrams for Retrace »
terrace
caterer
recrate
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of Retrace in Chaldean Numerology is: 4
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of Retrace in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7
Examples of Retrace in a Sentence
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.
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.
We ... forecast prices will retrace to their lows by October.
I would like to not have to retrace my family's footsteps back to Oklahoma and Arkansas.
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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- recordarSpanish
- retracerFrench
- ath-lorgaichScottish Gaelic
- retraciarInterlingua
- naʼídíkééʼNavajo, Navaho
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