Pronunciation: /riˈtreɪs/
noun the act of going back over a path or route that one has already traveled
A1 I had to retrace my steps to find my lost keys.
A2 The detective needed to retrace the suspect's movements to solve the case.
B1 It's important to retrace your route if you get lost in the wilderness.
B2 The historian spent years retracing the path of an ancient civilization.
C1 The archaeologist meticulously retraced the excavation site to uncover more artifacts.
C2 The author retraced the protagonist's journey in order to accurately describe the setting in the novel.
verb to go back over a path or route that one has already traveled
A1 I retraced my steps to find my lost keys.
A2 She retraced the route on the map to make sure they were going the right way.
B1 The detective had to retrace the suspect's movements to solve the case.
B2 After realizing he had made a mistake, he retraced his actions and corrected the error.
C1 The archaeologist retraced the ancient civilization's history through careful excavation and research.
C2 In order to understand the artist's creative process, art historians retraced his steps and influences.
formal The detective decided to retrace the suspect's steps in order to gather more evidence.
informal Let's retrace our route to see where we took the wrong turn.
slang I'm gonna retrace my moves to figure out where I lost my keys.
figurative Sometimes it's necessary to retrace our past actions in order to learn from our mistakes.
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