[
UK
/ɹɪtɹˈeɪs/
]
[ US /ɹiˈtɹeɪs/ ]
[ US /ɹiˈtɹeɪs/ ]
VERB
-
reassemble mentally
reconstruct the events of 20 years ago -
to go back over again
trace your path
we retraced the route we took last summer
How To Use retrace In A Sentence
- Then Kirwill retraced his route a second time, without the lamp and without a magnifying glass, comparing the ninhydrin prints with his own card of the prints of James Kirwill. Gorky Park
- I was roped to Jim, but it was of no use; my feet were paralyzed and slipped on the bare rock, and he said it was useless to try to go that way, and we retraced our steps.
- The uneasiness grew into a formless apprehension, which drew him out into the waxing sunlight and drove him to retrace his earlier route through the meadow, towards College Rise.
- In just the last year, this has happened more than once, and we could go back further and retrace the gradual buildup to this moment. Alison Rose Levy: How To Survive In An Age Of Crisis
- he retraced his steps
- After a few minutes, he turned around and began to retrace his steps.
- And the defense secretary retraced what he called the actual history of how the U.S. got involved in Iraq CNN Transcript Nov 15, 2005
- Thankfully, after crew helped her retrace her footsteps, the ring turned up. The Sun
- Her second journey retraced Salvatore Rosa's own trip from Rome to Ancona through the Umbrian landscape in the 1600s.
- Hurry retrace room takes medical case.