retrace (redirected from retracement)

re·trace  (r-trs)

tr.v. re·traced, re·trac·ing, re·trac·es

To trace again or back: retraced their steps.

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re·tracea·ble adj.

re·tracement n.

re·tracer n.

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retrace

Verb

[-tracing, -traced]

1. to go back over (one's steps or a route)

2. to go over (a story) from the beginning

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	retrace - to go back over again; "we retraced the route we took last summer"; "trace your path" trace return - go or come back to place, condition, or activity where one has been before; "return to your native land"; "the professor returned to his teaching position after serving as Dean"
	2.	retrace - reassemble mentally; "reconstruct the events of 20 years ago" reconstruct, construct hypothesise, hypothesize, speculate, conjecture, theorise, theorize, hypothecate, suppose - to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds; "Scientists supposed that large dinosaurs lived in swamps" etymologise, etymologize - construct the history of words

Translations

retrace [riːˈtreɪs] vt to retrace one's steps → volver sobre sus pasos, desandar lo andado

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retrace [riːˈtreɪs] vt → reconstituer;

to retrace one's steps → revenir sur ses pas

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retrace [riːˈtreɪs] vt to retrace one's steps (lit, fig) → seine Schritte zurückverfolgen

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retrace [riːˈtreɪs] vt → ricostruire;

to retrace one's steps → tornare sui propri passi