Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to retrace
Participle: retraced
Gerund: retracing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | retrace |
| you | retrace |
| he;she;it | retraces |
| we | retrace |
| you | retrace |
| they | retrace |
Perfect
| I | have retraced |
| you | have retraced |
| he;she;it | has retraced |
| we | have retraced |
| you | have retraced |
| they | have retraced |
Past
| I | retraced |
| you | retraced |
| he;she;it | retraced |
| we | retraced |
| you | retraced |
| they | retraced |
Pluperfect
| I | had retraced |
| you | had retraced |
| he;she;it | had retraced |
| we | had retraced |
| you | had retraced |
| they | had retraced |
Future
| I | will retrace |
| you | will retrace |
| he;she;it | will retrace |
| we | will retrace |
| you | will retrace |
| they | will retrace |
Future Perfect
| I | will have retraced |
| you | will have retraced |
| he;she;it | will have retraced |
| we | will have retraced |
| you | will have retraced |
| they | will have retraced |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | retrace |
| you | retrace |
| he;she;it | retrace |
| we | retrace |
| you | retrace |
| they | retrace |
Perfect
| I | have retraced |
| you | have retraced |
| he;she;it | have retraced |
| we | have retraced |
| you | have retraced |
| they | have retraced |
Imperfect
| I | retraced |
| you | retraced |
| he;she;it | retraced |
| we | retraced |
| you | retraced |
| they | retraced |
Pluperfect
| I | had retraced |
| you | had retraced |
| he;she;it | had retraced |
| we | had retraced |
| you | had retraced |
| they | had retraced |
Conditional
Present
| I | would retrace |
| you | would retrace |
| he;she;it | would retrace |
| we | would retrace |
| you | would retrace |
| they | would retrace |
Perfect
| I | would have retraced |
| you | would have retraced |
| he;she;it | would have retraced |
| we | would have retraced |
| you | would have retraced |
| they | would have retraced |
Imperative
| you | retrace |
| we | Let's retrace |
| you | retrace |
Verbs conjugated like 'retrace'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'retrace'
rebrace,
retrack,
retract,
retrade,
begrace,
betrack,
detract,
enrace,
outrace,
rat-race,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. 1697, from Fr. retracer "to trace again," from M.Fr. retracier, from re- "again" + tracier "to trace" (see trace).
2. From French retracer, from Middle French retracier.
Sample Sentences
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He retraced his steps, and found his keys where he had dropped them.
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Instead of retracing my route, I have elected to walk across Blackpool to the town's remaining large station, although even this has been greatly reduced in size. [2022 November 2, Paul Bigland, “New trains, old trains, and splendid scenery”, in RAIL, number 969, page 56:]