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  1. trace
    [trās]
    verb
    trace (verb)
    traces (third person present)
    traced (past tense)
    traced (past participle)
    tracing (present participle)
    1. find or discover by investigation:
      "police are trying to trace a white van seen in the area"
      Similar:
      track down
      find
      discover
      detect
      unearth
      uncover
      turn up
      • copy (a drawing, map, or design) by drawing over its lines on a superimposed piece of transparent paper:
        "trace a map of the world onto a large piece of paper"
        Similar:
        copy
        reproduce
        go over
        draw
        draw up
        sketch
        draft
        noun
        trace (noun)
        traces (plural noun)
        1. a mark, object, or other indication of the existence or passing of something:
          "remove all traces of the old adhesive"
          "the aircraft disappeared without trace"
          Similar:
          vestige
          sign
          mark
          indication
          suggestion
          evidence
          clue
          • a very small quantity, especially one too small to be accurately measured:
            "his body contained traces of amphetamines"
            "trace quantities of PCBs"
            • a procedure to investigate the source of something, such as the place from which a telephone call was made, or the origin of an error in a computer program:
              "we've got a trace on the call"
              • a line which represents the projection of a curve or surface on a plane or the intersection of a curve or surface with a plane.
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                Pronunciation
                verb
                trās
                Tone

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                Origin
                Middle English (first recorded as a noun in the sense ‘path that someone or something takes’): from Old French trace (noun), tracier (verb), based on Latin tractus (see tract).
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