retrace

About 0.66 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb To trace (a line, etc. in drawing) again.
2. verb To go back over something, usually in an attempt at rediscovery.

   He retraced his steps, and found his keys where he had dropped them.

3. verb To undergo retracement.
4. noun The period when the beam of the cathode-ray tube returns to its initial horizontal position in order to start the next line of the display.
5. noun An instance of retracement.

Similar words

reconstruct trace construct rebuild remake redraw redo revisit reconsider backtrack

Often followed by

the his our their your my its her a

Word family

retraceabilities retraceability retraceable retraced retraces retracing retracing her footsteps retracing her steps retracing his footsteps retracing his steps