Meaning & use
Traced
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Followed or discovered by investigating the course, origin, or development of something.
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Detectives traced the call to an apartment downtown.
She traced her family history back to the 1700s.
A note on using this word
Also used literally to mean copying a drawing by following its lines on transparent paper.
Words with a similar meaning
trackedfollowedpinpointed
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Words with an opposite meaning
lostobscured
Another way to use it
2. verb
Copied a drawing or outline by following its lines on a transparent sheet placed over it.
The child traced the outline of the map onto tracing paper.
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