Trace

//tɹeɪs//

Synonyms for "trace" (531 found)

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Closest matches (107)

Strong matches (159)

double-dot display draft draw draw up drop dupe duplicate echo echo signal edit effigy effluvium emanation end enface engrave engross essence evidence exact likeness

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Verb(5 words)

draw follow hound hunt line

Noun(24 words)

drop dusting fleck flip flyspeck ghost glimmer glimpse glint grain halfpennyworth inch iota jot lick mite modicum molecule morceau morsel

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mote mustard seed ooch ounce

Adjective(1 words)

minute

Related words (265)

parings path pen pencil pepper photograph photostat picture picturize pip pipe roll pips piste pittance point portrait portray prick print prints

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proof punch punctuate puncture pursue push the pen put in writing quadruplicate radar signal rag rags reading recense record recording rediscover redolence reduplicate reflection refuse register registry relic relics relict remainder remains remnant render replicate represent reproduce resemblance residue residuum rest return return signal revise rewrite rf echoes riddle roach roll rolls roster rota rough rough in rough out rub rubbing rubbish ruin ruins rump run down run to earth sauce savor sawdust scar scarify scent schematize scintilla score scotch scouring scourings scraps scratch scribe scrive scroll scumble seal seam search for seasoning seek semblance shade shadow shaving shavings sign signal signal display signs similitude simulacrum sip sketch slight smack smattering smell smell out sniff out soupcon spark speck speckle spice spill ink spit and image spitting image splotch spoil paper spoor spot sprinkling stain stalk stamp stat stench stencil step stigmatize strain straw straw in the wind stray streak striate strike stripe stubble stump subtle odor suggestion sup superscribe survival suspicion sweepings symbolize table tail taint take a rubbing tang target image taste tattoo telltale tempering thought tick tick off tinct tincture tinge tint tip off tip-off token trace down trace out trace over traces track down tracks trail transcribe transmitter signal tread trifle triplicate twang twin type underline underscore unearth vapor trail vein very image very picture vestige video signal wake waste whiff whisper wink write write down write out xerox

Noun(52 words)

particle pennyworth piece pinch relish scantling scent scintilla scooch scrap scruple semblance shadow show shred skerrick skoosh skosh sliver smattering

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Verb(1 words)

retrace

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

11 relation types

More general

40 entries

analyse analyze canvass chase chase after continue copy detect discover dog drawing examine find give chase go after go forward

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Synonyms

5 entries

decipher hound touch tracing track

Related terms

5 entries

test and trace trace down trace out tracing track and trace

derived

18 entries

contact trace contact-trace downtrace fault trace foliar trace leaf trace leave no trace stack trace time trace trace element trace fossil trace horse trace italienne trace scheduling trap and trace uptrace

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etymologically related_to

1 entries

track

has context

5 entries

electronics engineering fortification grammar mathematics

is a

4 entries

indication line mark small indefinite quantity

manner of

6 entries

analyze copy detect mark proceed return

part of

1 entries

harness

related to

47 entries

below breastplate category chain collar construction coordinate copying copying drawings current diagonal doodles draw drawing drawings empty

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similar

8 entries

draw follow keep abreast keep an eye on keep up observe watch watch over

Translations

237 translations across 69 languages.

Albanian

1 entries

gjurmë noun (mark left as a sign of passage)

Ancient Greek

1 entries

ἰχνεύω verb (to follow the trail of)

Arabic

2 entries

أَثَر noun (mark left as a sign of passage)
لِوْحَة دَارَاتُ مَطَبُوعَة noun ((electronics) electric current-carrying conductive pathway)

Armenian

2 entries

հետք noun (very small amount)
նշույլ noun (very small amount)

Azerbaijani

3 entries

iz noun (mark left as a sign of passage)
ləpir noun (mark left as a sign of passage)
əsər noun (mark left as a sign of passage)

Bashkir

1 entries

эҙ noun (mark left as a sign of passage)

Belarusian

3 entries

след noun (mark left as a sign of passage)
начарці́ць verb (to draw or sketch)
чарці́ць verb (to draw or sketch)

Bulgarian

4 entries

оста́тък noun (residue)
пъте́ка noun ((electronics) electric current-carrying conductive pathway)
следа́ noun (mark left as a sign of passage)
следа́ noun (very small amount)

Catalan

3 entries

calcar verb (to copy onto a sheet of superimposed paper)
resseguir verb (to follow the trail of)
traçar verb (to draw or sketch)

Chinese

1 entries

描圖 /描图 verb (to copy onto a sheet of superimposed paper)

Chinese Cantonese

1 entries

少少 noun (very small amount)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries

少許 /少许 noun (very small amount)
少量 noun (very small amount)
微量 noun (very small amount)
痕跡 /痕迹 noun (mark left as a sign of passage)

Church Slavic

1 entries

слѣдъ noun (mark left as a sign of passage)

Czech

2 entries

stopa noun (mark left as a sign of passage)
pauzovat verb (to copy onto a sheet of superimposed paper)

Danish

1 entries

spor noun (mark left as a sign of passage)

Dutch

4 entries

nazoeken noun (act of tracing)
opsporen noun (act of tracing)
spoor noun (mark left as a sign of passage)
sporen noun (residue)

Erzya

1 entries

эльге noun (mark left as a sign of passage)

Esperanto

3 entries

spuro noun (mark left as a sign of passage)
paŭsi verb (to copy onto a sheet of superimposed paper)
spuri verb (to follow the trail of)

Finnish

4 entries

hinausköysi noun (one of two straps, chains, or ropes of a harness, extending from the collar or breastplate to a whippletree attached to a vehicle or thing to be drawn)
hitunen noun (very small amount)
hiven noun (very small amount)
häivä noun (very small amount)

French

4 entries

trace noun (mark left as a sign of passage)
trace noun (linear algebra: sum of the diagonal elements of a square matrix)
traces noun (very small amount)
trait noun (one of two straps, chains, or ropes of a harness, extending from the collar or breastplate to a whippletree attached to a vehicle or thing to be drawn)

Friulian

1 entries

olme noun (mark left as a sign of passage)

German

4 entries

Leiterbahn noun ((electronics) electric current-carrying conductive pathway)
Spur noun (mark left as a sign of passage)
Spur noun (residue)
Spur noun (very small amount)

Greek

1 entries

ίχνος noun (mark left as a sign of passage)

Hindi

1 entries

चिह्न noun (mark left as a sign of passage)

Hungarian

4 entries

csapás noun (informal road or prominent path in an arid area)
elenyésző/minimális mennyiség noun (very small amount)
hám noun (one of two straps, chains, or ropes of a harness, extending from the collar or breastplate to a whippletree attached to a vehicle or thing to be drawn)
istráng noun (one of two straps, chains, or ropes of a harness, extending from the collar or breastplate to a whippletree attached to a vehicle or thing to be drawn)

Icelandic

2 entries

spor noun (mark left as a sign of passage)
spor noun (linear algebra: sum of the diagonal elements of a square matrix)

Ido

1 entries

kalquar verb (to copy onto a sheet of superimposed paper)

Indonesian

1 entries

jejak noun (mark left as a sign of passage)

Ingrian

1 entries

rahe noun (one of two straps, chains, or ropes of a harness, extending from the collar or breastplate to a whippletree attached to a vehicle or thing to be drawn)

Italian

3 entries

orma noun (mark left as a sign of passage)
tirante noun (one of two straps, chains, or ropes of a harness, extending from the collar or breastplate to a whippletree attached to a vehicle or thing to be drawn)
tirella noun (one of two straps, chains, or ropes of a harness, extending from the collar or breastplate to a whippletree attached to a vehicle or thing to be drawn)

Japanese

2 entries

痕跡 noun (mark left as a sign of passage)
跡 noun (mark left as a sign of passage)

Kashubian

1 entries

szlach noun (mark left as a sign of passage)

Kazakh

1 entries

із noun (mark left as a sign of passage)

Khmer

1 entries

ដាន noun (mark left as a sign of passage)

Korean

2 entries

자국 noun (mark left as a sign of passage)
흔적 noun (mark left as a sign of passage)

Kyrgyz

1 entries

из noun (mark left as a sign of passage)

Lao

1 entries

ຮອຍ noun (mark left as a sign of passage)

Latin

2 entries

vestīgium noun (mark left as a sign of passage)
vestīgō verb (to follow the trail of)

Lithuanian

2 entries

pedsaka noun (mark left as a sign of passage)
pedsaka noun (very small amount)

Macedonian

2 entries

остаток noun (residue)
трага noun (mark left as a sign of passage)

Malay

1 entries

bekas noun (residue)

Māori

4 entries

kanehe noun (very small amount)
makatea noun (mark left as a sign of passage)
makenu noun (mark left as a sign of passage)
mokenu noun (mark left as a sign of passage)

Norwegian Bokmål

2 entries

kretskort noun ((electronics) electric current-carrying conductive pathway)
spor noun (mark left as a sign of passage)

Old East Slavic

1 entries

слѣдъ noun (mark left as a sign of passage)

Old Javanese

1 entries

wĕkas noun (residue)

Ossetian

1 entries

фӕд noun (mark left as a sign of passage)

Ottoman Turkish

3 entries

رسم noun (mark left as a sign of passage)
چكمك verb (to draw or sketch)
چیزمك verb (to draw or sketch)

Persian

2 entries

اثر noun (mark left as a sign of passage)
رد noun (mark left as a sign of passage)

Polish

3 entries

ślad noun (mark left as a sign of passage)
namierzać verb (to follow the trail of)
namierzyć verb (to follow the trail of)

Portuguese

4 entries

rasto noun (mark left as a sign of passage)
rastro noun (mark left as a sign of passage)
traço noun (linear algebra: sum of the diagonal elements of a square matrix)
vestígio noun (mark left as a sign of passage)

Romanian

2 entries

cablaj imprimat noun ((electronics) electric current-carrying conductive pathway)
urmă noun (mark left as a sign of passage)

Russian

2 entries

оста́ток noun (residue)
след noun (mark left as a sign of passage)

Sanskrit

1 entries

पदं noun (mark left as a sign of passage)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries

trȃg noun (mark left as a sign of passage)
тра̑г noun (mark left as a sign of passage)

Slovak

1 entries

stopa noun (mark left as a sign of passage)

Slovene

1 entries

sled noun (mark left as a sign of passage)

Spanish

4 entries

calcar noun (act of tracing)
cantidad ínfima noun (very small amount)
cuantía mínima noun (very small amount)
huella noun (mark left as a sign of passage)

Swedish

2 entries

mönsterkort noun ((electronics) electric current-carrying conductive pathway)
spår noun (mark left as a sign of passage)

Tagalog

1 entries

dasto noun (mark left as a sign of passage)

Tajik

2 entries

асар noun (mark left as a sign of passage)
из noun (mark left as a sign of passage)

Tatar

1 entries

эз noun (mark left as a sign of passage)

Thai

4 entries

การตามรอย noun (act of tracing)
รอย noun (mark left as a sign of passage)
ร่องรอย noun (mark left as a sign of passage)
ตามรอย verb (to follow the trail of)

Turkish

4 entries

baskılı devre kartı noun ((electronics) electric current-carrying conductive pathway)
bulmak noun (act of tracing)
iz noun (mark left as a sign of passage)
iz sürmek noun (act of tracing)

Turkmen

1 entries

yz noun (mark left as a sign of passage)

Ukrainian

1 entries

слід noun (mark left as a sign of passage)

Uyghur

1 entries

ئىز noun (mark left as a sign of passage)

Uzbek

2 entries

asar noun (mark left as a sign of passage)
iz noun (mark left as a sign of passage)

Vietnamese

2 entries

dấu noun (mark left as a sign of passage)
vết noun (mark left as a sign of passage)

Yiddish

1 entries

שפּור noun (mark left as a sign of passage)

Sample sentences

28 total sentences available.

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He disappeared without a trace.

Source: tatoeba (2096)

The media sells a trace of hatred at bargain prices.

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We must go back to the Middle Ages to trace the origin.

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A cargo vessel, bound for Athens, sank in the Mediterranean without a trace.

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