What's the difference between again and retrace?

Again


Definition:

  • (adv.) In return, back; as, bring us word again.
  • (adv.) Another time; once more; anew.
  • (adv.) Once repeated; -- of quantity; as, as large again, half as much again.
  • (adv.) In any other place.
  • (adv.) On the other hand.
  • (adv.) Moreover; besides; further.
  • (prep.) Alt. of Agains

Example Sentences:

Retrace


Definition:

  • (v. t.) To trace back, as a line.
  • (v. t.) To go back, in or over (a previous course); to go over again in a reverse direction; as, to retrace one's steps; to retrace one's proceedings.
  • (v. t.) To trace over again, or renew the outline of, as a drawing; to draw again.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Thus it may be concluded that afferent inputs to the cortical transplants retrace normal cortical inputs.
  • (2) Finally we're turning back on ourselves, retracing our route down the coast, aiming for the rent-a-car in Punta del Este.
  • (3) By storing mass data for long periods, the NSA could develop the capability to recreate a reporter’s research, retrace a source’s movements and listen in on past communications, King warns.
  • (4) Since then, a team of the paper's reporters has been retracing every one of the 673 stories that Blair had filed during his four years on the Times.
  • (5) The 25-year-old's last journey, which started after she left work on 17 December, was retraced by an actor and filmed for BBC1's Crimewatch programme.
  • (6) They were soon able to verify their authenticity and, retracing the paintings' steps, they decided that the works in all probability were taken by the thieves by train from Paris to Turin, but were abandoned on board, possibly during border checks.
  • (7) The author begins by briefly retracing the causes and the evolution of sinistrosis.
  • (8) Stages of primary oocytes and follicles during ovarian development, and of maturing follicles during breeding cycles of some species, may retrace the phylogenetic progression of sizes of ancestral clutches and ripe follicles.
  • (9) PBS, ferritin, and IgG showed no such behavior at any of three pH values, and retraced their path of aggregation while dissociating on temperature reversal.
  • (10) The early origins of the concept of brain death have been retraced.
  • (11) The experiments in retracing evolution suggest, however, that the self-sequencing of amino acids was the evolutionary precursor of modern nucleic acid templating; the genetic memory is the molecule.
  • (12) After remembering to fill in the visitors’ book – and taking out any excess rubbish you can carry – carefully retrace your steps back down to the big boulder you left yesterday.
  • (13) When ships dock here from Antarctica and when daytrippers return after retracing Darwin’s trip across the Beagle Channel a surprising high proportion of passengers utter the same words: “Let’s go to the Irish pub!” The Dublin is no carbon copy from the motherland; instead it has a distinct local look – a shack-like structure, corrugated frontage (green, of course) and small-paned windows.
  • (14) After exploring the mill area, retrace your steps to Bridge Cottage and cross back over the little bridge, turn left and continue downstream on the river’s right bank.
  • (15) Based on his own essential contribution to the making of the guide to the city of Ludwigshafen the author retraces the various stages of conception.
  • (16) The reliability coefficient comparing the first tracings and measurements in the 19 cases that were retraced and remeasured was r = 0.993.
  • (17) This analysis is an attempt to retrace the missteps made since 9 August by five key players in the Ferguson crisis: St Louis County prosecuting attorney Bob McCulloch; Governor Jay Nixon of Missouri; Ferguson police chief Thomas Jackson; Ferguson mayor James Knowles and St Louis County police chief Jon Belmar.
  • (18) Occupational exposure to respiratory hazards throughout their career was retraced for each subject.
  • (19) – the Death of Terry Lloyd, to be broadcast on 21 March, follows the journalist's daughter Chelsey as she retraces his final movements in Iraq , looking for answers her family has been seeking for a decade.
  • (20) To do this, scientists have developed computer models to effectively play waves and winds backwards, allowing rescue workers to retrace the movements of debris to the site of a crash.

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