- verbtrace (verb) · traces (third person present) · traced (past tense) · traced (past participle) · tracing (present participle)
- find or discover by investigation:"police are trying to trace a white van seen in the area"
- find or describe the origin or development of:"Bob's book traces his flying career with the Marines"
- follow or mark the course or position of (something) with one's eye, mind, or finger:"through the binoculars, I traced the path I had taken the night before"
- take (a particular path or route):"a tear traced a lonely path down her cheek"
- copy (a drawing, map, or design) by drawing over its lines on a superimposed piece of transparent paper:"trace a map of the world onto a large piece of paper"
- draw (a pattern or line), especially with one's finger or toe:"she traced a pattern in the dirt with the toe of her shoe"
- give an outline of:"the article traces out some of the connections between education, qualifications, and the labor market"
nountrace (noun) · traces (plural noun)- a mark, object, or other indication of the existence or passing of something:"remove all traces of the old adhesive" · "the aircraft disappeared without trace"
- a line or pattern displayed by an instrument using a moving pen or a luminous spot on a screen to show the existence or nature of something that is being investigated.
- a physical change in the brain presumed to be caused by a process of learning or memory.
- a very small quantity, especially one too small to be accurately measured:"his body contained traces of amphetamines" · "trace quantities of PCBs"
- a slight indication or barely discernible hint of something:"just a trace of a smile"
- a procedure to investigate the source of something, such as the place from which a telephone call was made, or the origin of an error in a computer program:"we've got a trace on the call"
- a line which represents the projection of a curve or surface on a plane or the intersection of a curve or surface with a plane.
- NORTH AMERICAN ENGLISHWEST INDIAN ENGLISHa beaten path or small road; a track.
- mathematicsthe sum of the elements in the principle diagonal of a square matrix.
OriginMiddle English (first recorded as a noun in the sense ‘path that someone or something takes’): from Old French trace (noun), tracier (verb), based on Latin tractus (see tract).nountrace (noun) · traces (plural noun)- each of the two side straps, chains, or ropes by which a horse is attached to a vehicle that it is pulling:"the horses pulling the carriage suddenly snapped the traces and bolted off"
OriginMiddle English (denoting a pair of traces): from Old French trais, plural of trait (see trait).Similar and Opposite Wordsverb- find or discover by investigation:
- copy (a drawing, map, or design) by drawing over its lines on a superimposed piece of transparent paper:
noun- a mark, object, or other indication of the existence or passing of something:
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