B2verb · transitive · common

trace

trace · traces · traced · tracing

слідувати, дотримуватися, стежити

выстроить, выстраивать, выстелить

abpausen

To follow the trail ofTo follow the trail of.

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/tɹeɪs/

» The police looked everywhere and couldn't find any trace of Tom.

Die Polizei schaute überall und konnte keine Spur von Tom finden.

Полиция смотрела везде и не смогла найти ни единого следа Тома.

Поліція шукала скрізь, але не змогла знайти жодного сліду Тома.

Meaning

8 senses

(transitive)To follow the trail of.
follow, discover, or ascertain the course of development of something
To follow the history of.
1684-1690, Thomas Burnet, Sacred Theory of the Earth You may trace the deluge quite round the globe.
(transitive)To draw or sketch lightly or with care.
He carefully traced the outlines of the old building before him.
(transitive)To copy onto a sheet of paper superimposed over the original, by drawing over its lines.
abpausen
copy by following the lines of the original drawing on a transparent sheet placed upon it; make a tracing of
(transitive)To follow the execution of the program by making it to stop after every instruction, or by making it print a message after every step.
(obsolete, transitive)To copy; to imitate.
(intransitive, obsolete)To walk; to go; to travel.
(obsolete, transitive)To walk over; to pass through; to traverse.
make one's course or travel along a path; travel or pass over, around, or along

Examples

175 sentences

The police looked everywhere and couldn't find any trace of Tom.
Поліція шукала скрізь, але не змогла знайти жодного сліду Тома. — deniko
ruПолиция смотрела везде и не смогла найти ни единого следа Тома. — corvard
deDie Polizei schaute überall und konnte keine Spur von Tom finden. — Espi
CC BY 2.0 FR · Tatoeba · CK · B1Open on Tatoeba Report a problem
He disappeared without a trace.
Він зник без сліду. — zinova
ruОн бесследно исчез. — kobylkin
deEr ist spurlos verschwunden. — MUIRIEL
CC BY 2.0 FR · Tatoeba · CK · B1Open on Tatoeba Report a problem
Tom disappeared without a trace.
Том зник без сліду. — deniko
ruТом пропал бесследно. — Balamax
deTom verschwand spurlos. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
CC BY 2.0 FR · Tatoeba · CK · B1Open on Tatoeba Report a problem
Tom disappeared without leaving a trace.
ruТом исчез, не оставив и следа. — marafon
deTom ist spurlos verschwunden. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
CC BY 2.0 FR · Tatoeba · CK · B1Open on Tatoeba Report a problem
Tom has disappeared without a trace.
ruТом бесследно исчез. — marafon
CC BY 2.0 FR · Tatoeba · CK · B1Open on Tatoeba Report a problem

Translations

5 languages

Deutsch

By meaning 1

to copy onto a sheet of superimposed paper:

Origin

From Middle English tracen, from Old French tracer, trasser (“to delineate, score, trace",

From Middle English tracen, from Old French tracer, trasser (“to delineate, score, trace", also, "to follow, pursue”), probably a conflation of Vulgar Latin *tractiō (“to delineate, score, trace”), from Latin trahere (“to draw”); and Old French traquer (“to chase, hunt, pursue”), from trac (“a track, trace”), from Middle Dutch treck, treke (“a drawing, draft, delineation, feature, expedition”). More at track.

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