retrace

See also retracé

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪs

Verb

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

1. (transitive) 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.

Translations

to trace again

• Interlingua: retraciar (ia)

• Scottish Gaelic: ath-lorgaich (gd)

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.

Translations

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

Anagrams

• caterer
• terrace

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French

Verb

retrace

1. first-person singular present indicative of retracer
2. third-person singular present indicative of retracer
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of retracer
4. first-person singular present subjunctive of retracer
5. second-person singular imperative of retracer