We traced her back to the car she had ridden in, but lost her trail at that point.
•We traced the letter back to her.
•See if you can trace back the check to its writer.
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
trace — [[t]tre͟ɪs[/t]] ♦♦♦ traces, tracing, traced 1) VERB If you trace the origin or development of something, you find out or describe how it started or developed. [V n] The exhibition traces the history of graphic design in America from the 19th… … English dictionary
trace — trace1 [ treıs ] verb transitive ** 1. ) to find someone or something that you are looking for by asking questions and getting information: Detectives have so far failed to trace the missing woman. trace someone to something: They finally traced… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
trace */*/ — I UK [treɪs] / US verb [transitive] Word forms trace : present tense I/you/we/they trace he/she/it traces present participle tracing past tense traced past participle traced 1) a) to find someone or something that you are looking for by asking… … English dictionary
Trace (deconstruction) — Trace is one of the most important concepts in Derridian Deconstruction. In the 1960s, Derrida used this word in two of his early books, namely “Writing and Difference” and “Of Grammatology”. The English word “trace” was first used by Gayatri… … Wikipedia
trace — trace1 [treıs] v [T] ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(find somebody/something)¦ 2¦(origins)¦ 3¦(history/development)¦ 4¦(copy)¦ 5¦(with your finger)¦ 6 trace a call ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [Date: 1200 1300; : Old French; Origin: tracier, from Vulgar Latin tractiare to pull , from … Dictionary of contemporary English
trace — 1 verb (T) 1 FIND SB/STH to find someone or something that has disappeared by searching for them carefully: She had given up all hope of tracing her missing daughter. 2 ORIGINS to find the origins of something, or where something came from: trace … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
trace — 1. verb 1) police hope to trace the owner of the vehicle Syn: track down, find, discover, detect, unearth, turn up, hunt down, ferret out 2) she traced a pattern in the sand with her toe Syn: draw, outline, ma … Thesaurus of popular words
Without a Trace (season 1) — The first season of Without a Trace aired between September 2002 and May 2003.Cast*Anthony LaPaglia as John Michael Malone *Poppy Montgomery as Samantha Spade *Marianne Jean Baptiste as Vivian Johnson *Enrique Murciano as Danny Taylor *Eric Close … Wikipedia
Indian philosophy — Any of the numerous philosophical systems developed on the Indian subcontinent, including both orthodox (astika) systems, namely, the Nyaya, Vaisheshika, Samkhya, Yoga, Mimamsa, and Vedanta schools of philosophy, and unorthodox (nastika) systems … Universalium
root — root1 [ rut ] noun *** ▸ 1 part of plant ▸ 2 part of hair/tooth/nail ▸ 3 origins/background ▸ 4 main cause/idea ▸ 5 in mathematics ▸ 6 basic form of word ▸ 7 base of chord in music ▸ 8 end of nerve ▸ + PHRASES 1. ) count the part of a plant that… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
refer — [rɪ fə:] verb (refers, referring, referred) 1》 (refer to) mention or allude to. ↘(refer someone to) direct the attention of someone to. ↘(refer to) (of a word or phrase) describe or denote. 2》 (refer something to) pass a matter to (a… … English new terms dictionary
