retrace
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See also: retracé
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From French retracer, from Middle French retracier.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (verb) IPA(key): /ɹiːˈtɹeɪs/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - (noun) IPA(key): /ˈɹiːtɹeɪs/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -eɪs
Verb
[edit]retrace (third-person singular simple present retraces, present participle retracing, simple past and past participle retraced)
- (transitive) To trace (a line, etc. in drawing) again.
- (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.
- (intransitive, finance) To undergo retracement.
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]to trace again
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Noun
[edit]retrace (plural retraces)
- (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.
- (finance) An instance of retracement.
Translations
[edit]the period when the beam of the cathode-ray tube returnes to its initial horizontal position
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[edit]French
[edit]Verb
[edit]retrace
- inflection of retracer:
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