retrace

re·trace

 (rē-trās′)

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

To trace again or back: retraced their steps.

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re·trace′a·ble adj.

re·trace′ment n.

re·trac′er n.

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retrace

(rɪˈtreɪs)

vb (tr)

1. to go back over (one's steps, a route, etc) again: we retraced the route we took last summer.

2. to go over (a past event) in the mind; recall

3. to go over (a story, account, etc) from the beginning

reˈtraceable adj

reˈtracement n

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re-trace

(riˈtreɪs)

v.t. -traced, -trac•ing.

to trace again, as lines in writing or drawing.

[1750–60]

re•trace

(rɪˈtreɪs)

v.t. -traced, -trac•ing.

1. to trace backward; go back over: to retrace one's steps.

2. to go back over with the memory.

3. to go over again with the sight or attention.

[1690–1700; < French retracer, Middle French retracier=re- re- + tracier to trace¹]

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retrace

Past participle: retraced
Gerund: retracing

Imperative

retrace

retrace

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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

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Translations

يَعُودُ مِنْ حَيْثُ أَتَى

vrátit sevrátit se stejnou cestou

gå samme vej tilbage

zurückverfolgen

ακολουθώ ίχνη

desandar

palata takaisin samaa reittiä

retracer

vratiti se istim putem

visszamegy

rekja til baka

riesaminareripercorrereritornare sui propri passi

たどりなおす

되돌아가다

grįžti atgal

griezties atpakaļ

herleiden

gå samme vei tilbakegå tilbake samme vei

odtworzyć przeszłość

refazer o mesmo caminhovoltar pelo mesmo caminho

возвращаться по своим следам

spåra tillbaka

ย้อนรอยเดิม

geldiği yoldan geri gitmekiz sürmek

thoái lui

折回顺原路返回

retrace

[riːˈtreɪs] VT [+ path] → desandar; [+ sb's journey etc] → seguir las huellas de; (in memory) → recordar, ir recordando, rememorar
to retrace one's steps (lit, fig) → desandar lo andado

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

retrace

[rɪˈtreɪs] vt [+ developments, sb's movements] → reconstituer; [+ route, journey, path] → reconstituer
to retrace one's steps (lit) → revenir sur ses pas
I retraced my steps → Je suis revenu sur mes pas. (fig)
So, let's retrace our steps → Alors, récapitulons.

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

retrace

vt past, argumentation → zurückverfolgen; development also → nachgehen (+dat), → nachvollziehen; to retrace one’s path or steps → denselben Weg zurückgehen

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retrace

[rɪˈtreɪs] vt → ripercorrere; (recall) → ricostruire
to retrace one's steps → (ri)tornare sui propri passi

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

retrace

(riˈtreis) verb

to go back along (a path etc) one has just come along. She lost her keys somewhere on the way to the station, and had to retrace her steps/journey until she found them. naspeur يَعود من حَيثُ أتى، يَعود على نَفْس الطَّريق проследявам voltar atrás vrátit se zurückverfolgen gå samme vej tilbage γυρίζω από τον ίδιο δρόμο desandar, volver sobre sama rada pidi tagasi minema راه قبلی را طی کردن seurata לַחֲזוֹר עַל עִקבוֹתַיו फिर नक्शा उतारना evocirati, obnoviti u sjećanju visszamegy melacak kembali rekja til baka ripercorrere, 引き返す 되돌아가다 grįžti atgal (tuo pačiu keliu) griezties atpakaļ (ceļā) menjejak semula teruggaan langs gå samme vei tilbakeodtworzyć بيرته خپل اصلى حالت ته ګرځيدل: بياپرورتلل، بيا تازه كول: بياپرتير يدل،پل پسى اخيستل voltar atrás a se întoarce (pe acelaşi drum) возвращаться той же дорогой vrátiť sa, sledovať dozadu iti po isti poti nazaj ići istim putem gå samma väg tillbaka ย้อนกลับทางเดิม geldiği yoldan geri gitmek 順原路返回，折回 повертатися пройденим шляхом جس راہ سے آنا اسی سے واپس جانا trở lại con đường cũ 顺原路返回，折回

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retrace

→ يَعُودُ مِنْ حَيْثُ أَتَى vrátit se stejnou cestou gå samme vej tilbage zurückverfolgen ακολουθώ ίχνη desandar palata takaisin samaa reittiä retracer vratiti se istim putem ripercorrere たどりなおす 되돌아가다 herleiden gå tilbake samme vei odtworzyć przeszłość refazer o mesmo caminho, voltar pelo mesmo caminho возвращаться по своим следам spåra tillbaka ย้อนรอยเดิม iz sürmek thoái lui 折回

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