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- pronunciation:
- treIs
- parts of speech:
- noun, verb
- features:
- Word Explorer
| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
A trace is a mark or sign of a past event or thing.
Broken branches in the street are traces of the storm that happened in the night.We found traces of a campfire that someone had on the beach.- similar words:
- ghost, lead, mark, record, remains, track, trail
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| definition 2: |
A trace is a very small amount of something.
There was a trace of snow on the ground, but not enough to play in.There was still a trace of lipstick on the glass after my mom washed it.- synonyms:
- suggestion, touch
- similar words:
- bit, dash, particle, pinch, shadow, whisper
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| related words: |
drop, impression, lick |
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| part of speech: |
verb |
| inflections: |
traces, tracing, traced |
| definition 1: |
When you trace something, you follow its tracks or the trail it leaves behind.
We traced the animal's footprints to the shed in the back of the garden..- synonyms:
- track, trail
- similar words:
- chase, follow, hunt, tail
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| definition 2: |
When the police trace something, they discover where it is by searching for it carefully
The police traced the parents of the lost child.- synonyms:
- find
- similar words:
- detect, discover, hunt down
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| definition 3: |
When you trace a picture, you copy it by following the lines of the picture as you see them through a sheet of paper.
The child couldn't draw a lion herself, so she found a picture of one and traced it.- similar words:
- copy, draw, reproduce
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| related words: |
line, picture, pursue |
| derivations: |
traceable (adj.), traceless (adj.), tracelessly (adv.), traceability (n.) |
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