Meaning

2 senses
  1. The period when the beam of the cathode-ray tube returns to its initial horizontal position in order to start the next line of the display.

  2. An instance of retracement.

Examples

24 sentences
  1. Did you try retracing your steps?

    deHast du mal versucht, deine Schritte zurückzuverfolgen? — Waldelfe

  2. Tom retraced his steps.

    ruТом вернулся той же дорогой. — marafon

    deTom verfolgte seine Spuren zurück. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  3. We retraced our steps.

    deWir verfolgten unsere Schritte zurück. — Waldelfe

  4. Tom walked backwards, retracing his steps.

  5. Tom and Mary retraced their steps.

Origin

From French retracer, from Middle French retracier.

From French retracer, from Middle French retracier.

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Forms

plural: retraces
Singularretrace
Pluralretraces

regular

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
retrace — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto