retrace

Plural: retraces

Verb

Verb Forms: retraced, retracing, retraces

• To go back over a path or sequence of events.
• to go back over again
  • "we retraced the route we took last summer"
• reassemble mentally
• To trace (a line, etc. in drawing) again.
• To go back over something, usually in an attempt at rediscovery.
• To undergo retracement.

Noun

• The period when the beam of the cathode-ray tube returns to its initial horizontal position in order to start the next line of the display.
• An instance of retracement.

Examples

• He had to retrace his steps in his mind to remember where he saw that crucial letter.
• He retraced his steps, and found his keys where he had dropped them.

Synonyms

construct, reconstruct, trace

Anagrams of retrace