trace
An act of tracing.
Noun 4 meanings
An act of tracing.
“Your cell phone company can put a trace on your line.”
An enquiry sent out for a missing article, such as a letter or an express package.
A mark left as a sign of passage of a person or animal.
A very small amount, often residual, of some substance or material.
“There are traces of chocolate around your lips.”
Adjective 1 meaning
Extremely small or insignificant (of an amount or quantity).
Verb 4 meanings
To follow the trail of.
To follow the history of.
“1684-1690, Thomas Burnet, Sacred Theory of the Earth You may trace the deluge quite round the globe.”
To draw or sketch lightly or with care.
“He carefully traced the outlines of the old building before him.”
To copy onto a sheet of paper superimposed over the original, by drawing over its lines.
Etymology
From Middle English trace, traas, from Old French trace (“an outline, track, trace”), from the verb (see below).
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TRACE at a glance
TRACE has 5 letters and scores 7 points in Scrabble (T 1 + R 1 + A 1 + C 3 + E 1) and 8 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #5,185 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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