trace
/treɪs/ verb [T]Translation
FIND › to find someone or something that was lost
izini bulmak, ortaya çıkarmak
Police have so far failed to trace the missing woman.1621ORIGIN › to find the origin of something
kökenini/aslını bulmak
She's traced her family back to the sixteenth century. They were able to trace the call (= find out the number of the telephone used).1986DEVELOPMENT › to describe the way something has developed over time
izini sürmek; izini sürerek bir şeyin gelişimini anlatmak
The book traces the development of women's art since the start of the century.2195COPY › to copy a picture by putting transparent paper on top and following the outer line of the picture with a pen
kopyasını çıkarmak
tracing paper1342(Definition of trace verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish
© Cambridge University Press)
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