Retrace — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

to go back over again

reassemble mentally

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/ɹᵻtɹˈeɪs/

🇬🇧British English

/ɹɪtɹˈeɪs/

🇮🇳Indian English

/ɹɪtɹˈeɪs/

2 syllables Say it as /ɹᵻtɹˈeɪs/.

Examples

we retraced the route we took last summer
trace your path
reconstruct the events of 20 years ago

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

reconstruct trace construct

Parts of Speech

verb	to go back over again “we retraced the route we took last summer”
verb	reassemble mentally “reconstruct the events of 20 years ago”

Word Forms

trace	noun	a visible mark (as a footprint) left by the passage of person or animal or vehicle
reconstruction	noun	recall that is hypothesized to work by storing abstract features which are then used to construct the memory during recall

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

zurückverfolgen

noch einmal zurückgehen

🇫🇷French

retracer

y retourner

🇪🇸Spanish

recordar

volver otra vez

🇮🇹Italian

ripercorrere

per tornare ancora una volta

🇳🇱Dutch

terugtrekken

om nog eens terug te gaan

🇵🇹Portuguese

refazer

voltar novamente

🇷🇺Russian

проследить

вернуться снова

India

🇮🇳Hindi

याद करना

फिर से वापस जाने के लिए

🇧🇩Bengali

রিট্রেস

আবার ফিরে যেতে

🇮🇳Tamil

திரும்பப் பெறு

மீண்டும் மீண்டும் செல்ல

🇮🇳Telugu

తిరిగి పొందు

మళ్ళీ వెనక్కి వెళ్ళడానికి

🇮🇳Marathi

मागे घेणे

पुन्हा परत जाण्यासाठी

🇮🇳Gujarati

રીટ્રેસ

ફરીથી પાછા જવા માટે

🇮🇳Kannada

ಹಿಂಪಡೆಯಿರಿ

ಮತ್ತೆ ಹಿಂತಿರುಗಲು

🇮🇳Malayalam

തിരിച്ചുപിടിക്കുക

വീണ്ടും തിരികെ പോകാൻ

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਵਾਪਸੀ

ਦੁਬਾਰਾ ਵਾਪਸ ਜਾਣ ਲਈ

🇵🇰Urdu

پیچھے ہٹنا

دوبارہ واپس جانے کے لئے

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

回溯

重新回到过去

🇯🇵Japanese

遡る

もう一度戻るために

🇰🇷Korean

되돌아가다

다시 다시 돌아가려고

🇻🇳Vietnamese

truy lại

quay lại lần nữa

🇹🇭Thai

ย้อนรอย

เพื่อกลับไปอีกครั้ง

🇮🇩Indonesian

menelusuri kembali

untuk kembali lagi

🇲🇾Malay

menjejak semula

untuk kembali semula

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

إعادة التتبع

للعودة مرة أخرى

🇮🇷Persian

ردیابی مجدد

برای بازگشت دوباره

🇹🇷Turkish

tekrar takip etmek

tekrar geri dönmek

🇮🇱Hebrew

לַחֲזוֹר עַל עִקבוֹתָיו

לחזור שוב

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