"traceable" meaning in English

See traceable in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈtɹeɪsəbəl/ [US], /ˈt͡ʃɹeɪsəbəl/ [US] Forms: more traceable [comparative], most traceable [superlative]
Etymology: trace + -able Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|trace|able}} trace + -able Head templates: {{en-adj}} traceable (comparative more traceable, superlative most traceable)
  1. Capable of being traced; possible to track down. Derived forms: traceability Translations (capable of being traced; possible to track down): проследим (prosledim) (Bulgarian), nachvollziehbar (German), trasabil [masculine] (Romanian), care poate fi trasat (Romanian), reperabil [masculine] (Romanian)
    Sense id: en-traceable-en-adj-GrxlFfzX Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -able

Alternative forms

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    },
    {
      "word": "untraceable"
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  "etymology_text": "trace + -able",
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        "comparative"
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    },
    {
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        "superlative"
      ]
    }
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          "word": "traceability"
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        {
          "text": "There was no traceable evidence left when the detectives arrived.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1927, Havelock Ellis, Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 2 (of 6)",
          "text": "Homosexuality is easily traceable in India. Dubois referred to houses devoted to male prostitution, with men dressed as women, and imitating the ways of women.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1951 January, “Notes and News: Parsonstown & Portumna Bridge Rly.”, in Railway Magazine, page 64",
          "text": "The course of the abandoned line is still clearly traceable.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1988, J. Halley Cox, William H. Davenport, Hawaiian Sculpture: Revised Edition, page 96",
          "text": "The source of this characteristic is easily traceable to the wrestlerlike postures of the typical round-volumed sculptures.",
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        {
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "prosledim",
          "sense": "capable of being traced; possible to track down",
          "word": "проследим"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "capable of being traced; possible to track down",
          "word": "nachvollziehbar"
        },
        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "capable of being traced; possible to track down",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "trasabil"
        },
        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "capable of being traced; possible to track down",
          "word": "care poate fi trasat"
        },
        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "capable of being traced; possible to track down",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "reperabil"
        }
      ]
    }
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      "ipa": "/ˈtɹeɪsəbəl/",
      "tags": [
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      ]
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      "ipa": "/ˈt͡ʃɹeɪsəbəl/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "traceable"
}
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      "word": "nontraceable"
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      "word": "untraceable"
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      "word": "traceability"
    }
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          "text": "There was no traceable evidence left when the detectives arrived.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "1927, Havelock Ellis, Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 2 (of 6)",
          "text": "Homosexuality is easily traceable in India. Dubois referred to houses devoted to male prostitution, with men dressed as women, and imitating the ways of women.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1951 January, “Notes and News: Parsonstown & Portumna Bridge Rly.”, in Railway Magazine, page 64",
          "text": "The course of the abandoned line is still clearly traceable.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1988, J. Halley Cox, William H. Davenport, Hawaiian Sculpture: Revised Edition, page 96",
          "text": "The source of this characteristic is easily traceable to the wrestlerlike postures of the typical round-volumed sculptures.",
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      "tags": [
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      "ipa": "/ˈt͡ʃɹeɪsəbəl/",
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        "US"
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      "sense": "capable of being traced; possible to track down",
      "word": "проследим"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "capable of being traced; possible to track down",
      "word": "nachvollziehbar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "capable of being traced; possible to track down",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "trasabil"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "capable of being traced; possible to track down",
      "word": "care poate fi trasat"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "capable of being traced; possible to track down",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "reperabil"
    }
  ],
  "word": "traceable"
}

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