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The descent to the infernal regions is easy enough, but to retrace one's steps, and reach the air above, there's the rub.
Virgil

Meaning of "retrace" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF RETRACE

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF RETRACE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Retrace is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb retrace in English.

WHAT DOES RETRACE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of retrace in the English dictionary

The first definition of retrace in the dictionary is to go back over again. Other definition of retrace is to go over in the mind; recall. Retrace is also to go over from the beginning.


CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO RETRACE

PRESENT

Present
I retrace
you retrace
he/she/it retraces
we retrace
you retrace
they retrace
Present continuous
I am retracing
you are retracing
he/she/it is retracing
we are retracing
you are retracing
they are retracing
Present perfect
I have retraced
you have retraced
he/she/it has retraced
we have retraced
you have retraced
they have retraced
Present perfect continuous
I have been retracing
you have been retracing
he/she/it has been retracing
we have been retracing
you have been retracing
they have been retracing
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I retraced
you retraced
he/she/it retraced
we retraced
you retraced
they retraced
Past continuous
I was retracing
you were retracing
he/she/it was retracing
we were retracing
you were retracing
they were retracing
Past perfect
I had retraced
you had retraced
he/she/it had retraced
we had retraced
you had retraced
they had retraced
Past perfect continuous
I had been retracing
you had been retracing
he/she/it had been retracing
we had been retracing
you had been retracing
they had been retracing
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will retrace
you will retrace
he/she/it will retrace
we will retrace
you will retrace
they will retrace
Future continuous
I will be retracing
you will be retracing
he/she/it will be retracing
we will be retracing
you will be retracing
they will be retracing
Future perfect
I will have retraced
you will have retraced
he/she/it will have retraced
we will have retraced
you will have retraced
they will have retraced
Future perfect continuous
I will have been retracing
you will have been retracing
he/she/it will have been retracing
we will have been retracing
you will have been retracing
they will have been retracing
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would retrace
you would retrace
he/she/it would retrace
we would retrace
you would retrace
they would retrace
Conditional continuous
I would be retracing
you would be retracing
he/she/it would be retracing
we would be retracing
you would be retracing
they would be retracing
Conditional perfect
I would have retrace
you would have retrace
he/she/it would have retrace
we would have retrace
you would have retrace
they would have retrace
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been retracing
you would have been retracing
he/she/it would have been retracing
we would have been retracing
you would have been retracing
they would have been retracing
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you retrace
we let´s retrace
you retrace
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to retrace
Past participle
retraced
Present Participle
retracing
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH RETRACE


brace
breɪs
disgrace
dɪsˈɡreɪs
embrace
ɪmˈbreɪs
footrace
ˈfʊtˌreɪs
grace
ɡreɪs
interrace
ˌɪntəˈreɪs
landrace
ˈlændˌreɪs
mistrace
ˌmɪsˈtreɪs
Olivares
ˌəʊlɪˈvɑːreɪs
race
reɪs
re-trace
riːˈtreɪs
res
reɪs
Samothrace
ˈsæməˌθreɪs
Thrace
θreɪs
trace
treɪs
transferase
ˈtrænsfəˌreɪs
untrace
ʌnˈtreɪs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE RETRACE

retox
retraceable
retracement
retracer
retrack
retract
retractability
retractable
retractation
retractibility
retractible
retractile
retractility
retraction
retractive
retractively
retractor
retrain
retrainable
retrainee

WORDS THAT END LIKE RETRACE

drag race
egg-and-spoon race
Horace
horse race
human race
leaf trace
memory trace
mixed race
mixed-race
not in the race
one-horse race
outrace
postrace
road race
saving grace
space race
terrace
the human race
with good grace
year of grace

Synonyms and antonyms of retrace in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «retrace» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF RETRACE

Find out the translation of retrace to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of retrace from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «retrace» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

折回
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

desandar
570 millions of speakers

English

retrace
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

वापस
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

يَعُودُ مِنْ حَيْثُ أَتَى
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

возвращаться по своим следам
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

voltar pelo mesmo caminho
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অনুসন্ধান করা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

retracer
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Menjejaki semula
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

zurückverfolgen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

たどりなおす
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

되돌아가다
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Retrace
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

thoái lui
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

திரும்பிச்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मागे घ्या
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

kaynağına inmek
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

ripercorrere
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

odtworzyć przeszłość
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

повертатися
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

a reconstitui
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ακολουθώ ίχνη
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

terugry
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

spåra tillbaka
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

gå tilbake samme vei
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of retrace

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «RETRACE»

The term «retrace» is quite widely used and occupies the 43.791 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «RETRACE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about retrace

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4 QUOTES WITH «RETRACE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word retrace.
1
Andre Breton
Perhaps I am doomed to retrace my steps under the illusion that I am exploring, doomed to try and learn what I should simply recognize, learning a mere fraction of what I have forgotten.
2
Nathalie Sarraute
Those who live in a world of human beings can only retrace their steps.
3
Virgil
It is easy to go down into Hell; night and day, the gates of dark Death stand wide; but to climb back again, to retrace one's steps to the upper air - there's the rub, the task.
4
Virgil
The descent to the infernal regions is easy enough, but to retrace one's steps, and reach the air above, there's the rub.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «RETRACE»

Discover the use of retrace in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to retrace and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Dictionary of Video and Television Technology
It is also called flyback. retrace blanking Blanking a TV picture tube during vertical retrace intervals to prevent retrace lines from showing on the screen. Voltage pulses for blanking are derived from a vertical sweep oscillator or vertical  ...
Keith Jack, Vladimir Tsatsulin, 2002
2
Monochrome and Colour Television
The other coil is used to deflect the beam from top to bottom at a uniform rate and for its quick retrace back to the top of the plate to start this process all over again. Two simultaneous motions are thus given to the beam, one from left to right ...
R.R. Gulati, 2007
3
Writing Between the Lines: How to Compose Riveting Social ...
back in the sentence to locate and define the other component(s) in the relationship.7 To retrace means "to go back over," or to recall in memory, steps previously taken. Retrace cues tell readers to hold in mind an earlier part (or earlier parts) ...
Douglas Flemons, 2001
4
Communication Systems
And 20 - 18.720 = 1.280 m sec are used for vertical retrace i.e. shifting the beam from bottom to top of the screen. We have seen that horizontal scanning continues in vertical trace as well as retrace. Since beam is cut-off during vertical retrace, ...
V.S.Bagad J.S.Chitode, 2007
5
The PC Graphics Handbook
JNZ VRC_CLEAR ; Wait until bit clear ; At this point the vertical retrace ended. Wait for it to ; restart VRC_START: TEST JZ VRC_START ; IN AL,DX ; AL, 00001000B ; Read byte at port Is bit 3 set? Wait until bit set ; At this point a vertical retrace ...
Julio Sanchez, Maria P. Canton, 2003
6
Television Engineering and Video Systems
The scanning time for a line works out to be 64 us (1/15625 second = 64 us) out of which 12 us are used in horizontal retrace (or flyback), leaving 52 us for actual trace from left to right. Vertical scanning of a field takes 20 ms, out of which 1.280  ...
R G Gupta, 2005
7
Analog Communication
This rapid reversal of the current in vertical retrace of the electron beam. That is the beam is moved from bottom to top of the screen rapidly. We know that the during the retrace period the electron beam is cut-off completely. This means in ...
A.P.Godse U.A.Bakshi, 2007
8
Consumer Electronics
This fast reversal moves an electron beam rapidly from right to left of the screen ( i.e. retrace). The retrace is also called flyback. The period of one scanning line is equal to the period of sawtooth, current waveform in horizontal deflection coils.
J.S.Chitode, 2007
9
Computer Graphics Multimedia And Animation
A noninterlaced scanning is used with horizontal and vertical retrace times of 10 / /s each. Calculate the time available to display a pixel. Assume a scan rate of 50 frames per second. Solution. Number of pixels displayed per second = 640 x ...
Pakhira, 2008
10
Classification and Identification of Handwriting
C. D. Lee, Ronald A. Abbey. have the tails up or down; they may be placed too far above or too near the writing line. 14. Retrace — In executing letters containing acute angles, the second line of the angle may overlap or Fig. 18. — Retrace.
C. D. Lee, Ronald A. Abbey, 1922

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «RETRACE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term retrace is used in the context of the following news items.
1
'Biological pilgrimage' to retrace evolution through Epping Forest
A “biological pilgrimage” will retrace the steps of evolution through Epping Forest this summer, symbolically returning to the start of life on Earth. On August 15 ... «East London and West Essex Guardian Series, Jul 15»
2
Google Maps Now Lets You Retrace Every Step You Take
In case you've ever wanted a comprehensive log of every step you've taken in the last day, week, month or year, Google now has you covered. The search giant ... «TIME, Jul 15»
3
Cyclists complete 1000-mile ride to retrace Trail of Tears
(AP) - After traveling nearly 1,000 miles, cyclists from the Cherokee Nation and the Eastern Band of Cherokee have completed their ride to retrace the northern ... «KSWO, Jun 15»
4
Fortune Fountain Supports 2015 Retrace the Maritime Silk Road as …
The 2015 Retrace the Maritime Silk Road ocean voyage, a title event sponsored by Fortune Fountain (Beijing) Holding Group and led by renowned Chinese ... «PR Newswire UK, Jun 15»
5
Authorities retrace escaped inmates' steps
DANNEMORA, N.Y.(WIVB)- Gov. Cuomo made an unexpected stop in Dannemora, N.Y. Saturday afternoon, after two convicted murderers escaped from the ... «wivb.com, Jun 15»
6
Dorade to retrace steps of history
In late June, one of sailing's most celebrated yachts will attempt to retrace the steps of her first, and most significant, victory. The 52-foot yawl Dorade, owned by ... «Scuttlebutt Sailing News, Jun 15»
7
2015 Remember the Removal Bike Ride to retrace Trail of Tears
(L to R) Front: Cherokee Nation Tribal Councilor Frankie Hargis, Remember the Removal Riders Hailey Seago, Maggie McKinnis, Alexis Watt, Charles “Billy” ... «Cherokee Nation, Jun 15»
8
Historian will retrace, document late grandfather's journey during …
In mid-June, Baczewski will travel to Europe to retrace by bicycle his grandfather's trek with the 3rd Armored Division during World War II. He plans to ride 50 ... «St. Louis Public Radio, May 15»
9
Tea merchants retrace Silk Road as China attempts to revive trading …
The convoy, made up of 136 camels, 8 horses and more than 100 merchants, was on its way from Shaanxi province in central China to Kazakhstan to retrace the ... «Daily Mail, May 15»
10
Climbers Use Light to Retrace the Matterhorn's First Ascent
It's been 150 years since Englishman Edward Whymper became the first person to scale the iconic 14,692-foot Matterhorn mountain. Photographer Robert ... «Wired, May 15»

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