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• it's exciting to discover traces of earlier civilizations.
• police searched the area but found no trace of the escaped prisoners.
• years of living in england had eliminated all trace of her american accent.
• the ship had vanished without (a) trace.

trace

1. a mark, an object or a sign that shows that somebody/something existed or was present
• It's exciting to discover traces of earlier civilizations.
• Police searched the area but found no trace of the escaped prisoners.
• Years of living in England had eliminated all trace of her American accent.
• The ship had vanished without (a) trace.
2. a very small amount of something
• The post-mortem revealed traces of poison in his stomach.
• She spoke without a trace of bitterness.
3. a line or pattern on paper or a screen that shows information that is found by a machine
• The trace showed a normal heart rhythm.
4. a search to find out information about the identity of somebody/something, especially what number a telephone call was made from
• The police ran a trace on the call.
• Detectives are doing a trace on the vehicle.
5. one of the two long pieces of leather that fasten a carriage or cart to the horse that pulls it
6. to start to behave badly and refuse to accept any discipline or control

Extra Examples

• Kelp is rich in vitamins and trace elements.
• Little trace is left of how Stone Age people lived.
• Remove all traces of rust with a small wire brush.
• The burglar had left several traces of his presence.
• The plane was lost without a trace over the Atlantic.
• The search party had found no trace of the missing climbers.
• The ship seems to have sunk without trace.
• The water was found to contain traces of cocaine.
• There was not the faintest trace of irony in her voice.
• Traces still remain of the long-defunct Surrey Iron Railway.
• Traces still remain of the old brewery.
• a trace of amusement/anxiety/a smile
• He spoke in English with only the trace of an accent.
• It’s exciting to discover traces of earlier civilizations.
• The police found traces of blood in the bathroom.
• The ship had vanished without (a) trace.
• There was no trace of a smile on his face.
• There was no trace of humour in his expression.

Word Origin

• noun senses 1 to 3 Middle English (first recorded as a noun in the sense ‘path that someone or something takes’): from Old French trace (noun), tracier (verb), based on Latin tractus ‘drawing, draught’, from trahere ‘draw, pull’. noun sense 4 Middle English (denoting a pair of traces): from Old French trais, plural of trait, from Latin tractus ‘drawing, draught’, from trahere ‘draw, pull’.