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Antonyms for trace

Grammar : Noun, verb
Spell : treys
Phonetic Transcription : treɪs

Definition of trace

Origin :
  • late 14c., "to make a plan or diagram," from Old French trasser "delineate, score, trace, follow, pursue" (12c.), from Vulgar Latin *tractiare "delineate, score, trace" (cf. Spanish trazar "to trace, devise, plan out," Italian tracciare "to follow by foot"), from Latin tractus "track, course," literally "a drawing out," from past participle stem of trahere "to pull, draw" (see tract (n.1)).
  • Meaning "to pass over" (a path, etc.) is attested from late 14c.; that of "track down, follow the trail of" is early 15c., from trace (n.1). Sense of "draw an outline of" is first recorded late 14c. Meaning "copy a drawing on a transparent sheet laid over it" is recorded from 1762. Related: Traced; tracing.
  • noun evidence; small bit
  • verb seek, follow
  • verb draw around
Example sentences :
  • Only in one respect does he show any trace of advancing years.
  • Extract from : « The Grand Old Man » by Richard B. Cook
  • There was no trace of the body in the waters, no drop of blood on the rocks.
  • Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
  • He had not been to the bank for two days before, and no trace of him was to be found.
  • Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
  • From some other of the author's letters we are able to trace the gradual growth of the work.
  • Extract from : « De Libris: Prose and Verse » by Austin Dobson
  • The secretary's voice was mechanical, without any trace of feeling.
  • Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
  • Then, as a new thought came to the magnate, he spoke with a trace of anxiety.
  • Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
  • Yet there was a set of the mouth and a prominence of the chin which relieved him of any trace of effeminacy.
  • Extract from : « The White Company » by Arthur Conan Doyle
  • Aggie showed no trace of emotion as her glance ran over the weapon.
  • Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
  • The youth vanishes; no reader can find a trace of him, or even an allusion to him.
  • Extract from : « The Man Shakespeare » by Frank Harris
  • Her face was ghastly, save for the trace of rouge; her eyes were red-rimmed.
  • Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart

Synonyms for trace

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