verb
follow, discover, or ascertain the course of development of something
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- We must follow closely the economic development is Cuba
- trace the student's progress
- trace one's ancestry
verb
make a mark or lines on a surface
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- draw a line
- trace the outline of a figure in the sand
verb
to go back over again
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- we retraced the route we took last summer
- trace your path
verb
pursue or chase relentlessly
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- The hunters traced the deer into the woods
- the detectives hounded the suspect until they found him
verb
discover traces of
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- She traced the circumstances of her birth
verb
make one's course or travel along a path
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- travel or pass over, around, or along
- The children traced along the edge of the dark forest
- The women traced the pasture
verb
copy by following the lines of the original drawing on a transparent sheet placed upon it
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- make a tracing of
- trace a design
- trace a pattern
verb
read with difficulty
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- Can you decipher this letter?
- The archeologist traced the hieroglyphs