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retracere‧trace /rɪˈtreɪs, riː-/ verb [transitive]   VERB TABLEretrace |
| Present | I, you, we, they | retrace | | he, she, it | retraces | | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | retraced | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have retraced | | he, she, it | has retraced | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had retraced | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will retrace | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have retraced |
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| Present | I | am retracing | | he, she, it | is retracing | | you, we, they | are retracing | | Past | I, he, she, it | was retracing | | you, we, they | were retracing | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been retracing | | he, she, it | has been retracing | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been retracing | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be retracing | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been retracing |
- Riders can retrace the trail taken by Chief Big Foot to the battle site.
- As he retraced his steps of the past day avoiding streets and roads, he stayed alert to the sounds around him.
- At the bottom end he could go no further, and so retraced his steps.
- For weeks he lay flat in his canoe while friends retraced their way back with him to Lake Michigan.
- I parked at Ala Wai School, retracing the path from the playground through the park toward the canal.
- In the soft evening light, I retraced my steps back to town, soothed by the songs of blackbirds and chaffinches.
- Shiona gathered up her pyjamas and headed for the bathroom, her mind retracing the events of the night.
- They moved on quickly, for they would have to retrace part of their way to make Ivrigar before nightfall.
NOUN► footstep· I retraced the footsteps of the young victim as she set about her ill-fated round that morning.· Would it not make a wonderful detecting trip to retrace the fellow's footsteps and survey the ground once denied to us?· He retraced his footsteps and stayed around for a while, but it was too cold to linger long.· The Doctor retraced Mait's footsteps in the dust. ► path· Meredith's finger, running down the calendar, retraced its path and lingered over Sunday.· Turning, she began to retrace her path towards the house.· I parked at Ala Wai School, retracing the path from the playground through the park toward the canal. ► route· The drivers are retracing the route of the Great Western Railway, built more than one hundred and fifty years ago.· I retrace my route across the foothills and along the old road.· She saw him turn and start to retrace his tortuous route, almost falling in his eagerness to return. VERB► turn· He kept walking; there was little point in making them suspicious by turning round and retracing his steps.· Eline turned her back and retraced her steps until she stood in the kitchen once more.· He turned and retraced his steps.· She saw him turn and start to retrace his tortuous route, almost falling in his eagerness to return. ► retrace your steps/path/route etc- As he retraced his steps of the past day avoiding streets and roads, he stayed alert to the sounds around him.
- Ellsworth, who had gone ahead, retraced his steps to shepherd the two through.
- Frankie forgot the eggs and hurriedly retraced his steps.
- He kept walking; there was little point in making them suspicious by turning round and retracing his steps.
- It's an easy walk which can be extended as far as you wish without having to retrace your steps.
- It is best to retrace your steps for the return journey.
- There are several possible routes to choose - try retracing your steps as far as Suileag.
1 retrace your steps/path/route etc to go back exactly the way you have come:  After a few minutes, he turned around and began to retrace his steps.2to repeat exactly the same journey that someone else has made: We shall be retracing the route taken by Marco Polo.3to find out where someone went: an investigation to retrace the dead man’s last known movements |