"retrace" meaning in English

See retrace in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /riːˈtreɪs/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-retrace.wav [UK] Forms: retrace [canonical], retraces [third-person, singular], retraced [past], retraced [past, participle], retracing [present, participle]
Etymology: re- + trace Etymology templates: {{ety-prefix|re|trace}} re- + trace Head templates: {{verb|retrac|e}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If you retrace your path, steps, or actions you go back over them hoping to notice something.
    Sense id: simple-retrace-en-verb-qWC5Qhc4
  2. If you retrace something, you trace it again.
    Sense id: simple-retrace-en-verb-6dNnST-D
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Terms prefixed with re-
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