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Trace

/tɹeɪs/

An act of tracing.

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📖 Definitions of "Trace"

noun

1
An act of tracing.
"Your cell phone company can put a trace on your line."
2
An enquiry sent out for a missing article, such as a letter or an express package.
3
A mark left as a sign of passage of a person or animal.
4
A residue of some substance or material.
"There are traces of chocolate around your lips."

🔄 Synonyms of "Trace"

16 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
delineateverb	To describe or depict with words or gestures.
vestigenoun	(by extension) A faint mark or visible sign left by something which is lost, or has perished, or is no longer present.
drawverb	Senses relating to exerting force or pulling.
linenoun	A path through two or more points (compare ‘segment’); a continuous mark, including as made by a pen; any path, curved or straight.
touchnoun	Primarily physical senses.
outlinenoun	A general description of some subject.
describeverb	(transitive) To represent in words.
hintnoun	A clue.
suggestionnoun	(countable) Something suggested (with subsequent adposition being for)
houndnoun	A dog, particularly a breed with a good sense of smell developed for hunting other animals.
followverb	(ambitransitive) To go after; to pursue; to move behind in the same path or direction, especially with the intent of catching.
retraceverb	(transitive) To go back over something, usually in an attempt at rediscovery.
huntnoun	(ambitransitive) To find or search for an animal in the wild with the intention of killing the animal for its meat or for sport.
tracingnoun	The process of finding something that is lost by studying evidence.
ghostnoun	A disembodied soul; a soul or spirit of a deceased person; a spirit appearing after death.
shadownoun	A dark image projected onto a surface where light (or other radiation) is blocked by the shade of an object.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Trace"

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Word	Definition
followverb	(ambitransitive) To go after; to pursue; to move behind in the same path or direction, especially with the intent of catching.
retraceverb	(transitive) To go back over something, usually in an attempt at rediscovery.
touchnoun	Primarily physical senses.
delineateverb	To describe or depict with words or gestures.
outlinenoun	A general description of some subject.
describeverb	(transitive) To represent in words.
drawverb	Senses relating to exerting force or pulling.
hintnoun	A clue.
suggestionnoun	(countable) Something suggested (with subsequent adposition being for)
vestigenoun	(by extension) A faint mark or visible sign left by something which is lost, or has perished, or is no longer present.
shadownoun	A dark image projected onto a surface where light (or other radiation) is blocked by the shade of an object.
linenoun	A path through two or more points (compare ‘segment’); a continuous mark, including as made by a pen; any path, curved or straight.
ghostnoun	A disembodied soul; a soul or spirit of a deceased person; a spirit appearing after death.
huntnoun	(ambitransitive) To find or search for an animal in the wild with the intention of killing the animal for its meat or for sport.
houndnoun	A dog, particularly a breed with a good sense of smell developed for hunting other animals.
trackingnoun	The act or process by which something is tracked.
trailnoun	(transitive) To follow behind (someone or something); to tail (someone or something).
marknoun	(heading) Boundary, land within a boundary.
backnoun	At or near the rear.
demarcationnoun	The act of marking off a boundary or setting a limit, notably by belligerents signing a treaty or ceasefire.