retrace – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of retrace

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to retrace
Participle: retraced
Gerund: retracing

Cognates

-

Indicative

Present

Iretrace
youretrace
he;she;itretraces
weretrace
youretrace
theyretrace

Perfect

Ihave retraced
youhave retraced
he;she;ithas retraced
wehave retraced
youhave retraced
theyhave retraced

Past

Iretraced
youretraced
he;she;itretraced
weretraced
youretraced
theyretraced

Pluperfect

Ihad retraced
youhad retraced
he;she;ithad retraced
wehad retraced
youhad retraced
theyhad retraced

Future

Iwill retrace
youwill retrace
he;she;itwill retrace
wewill retrace
youwill retrace
theywill retrace

Future Perfect

Iwill have retraced
youwill have retraced
he;she;itwill have retraced
wewill have retraced
youwill have retraced
theywill have retraced

Subjunctive

Present

Iretrace
youretrace
he;she;itretrace
weretrace
youretrace
theyretrace

Perfect

Ihave retraced
youhave retraced
he;she;ithave retraced
wehave retraced
youhave retraced
theyhave retraced

Imperfect

Iretraced
youretraced
he;she;itretraced
weretraced
youretraced
theyretraced

Pluperfect

Ihad retraced
youhad retraced
he;she;ithad retraced
wehad retraced
youhad retraced
theyhad retraced

Conditional

Present

Iwould retrace
youwould retrace
he;she;itwould retrace
wewould retrace
youwould retrace
theywould retrace

Perfect

Iwould have retraced
youwould have retraced
he;she;itwould have retraced
wewould have retraced
youwould have retraced
theywould have retraced

Imperative

youretrace
weLet's retrace
youretrace

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Iam retracing
youare retracing
he;she;itis retracing
weare retracing
youare retracing
theyare retracing

Perfect

Ihave been retracing
youhave been retracing
he;she;ithas been retracing
wehave been retracing
youhave been retracing
theyhave been retracing

Past

Iwas retracing
youwere retracing
he;she;itwas retracing
wewere retracing
youwere retracing
theywere retracing

Pluperfect

Ihad been retracing
youhad been retracing
he;she;ithad been retracing
wehad been retracing
youhad been retracing
theyhad been retracing

Future

Iwill be retracing
youwill be retracing
he;she;itwill be retracing
wewill be retracing
youwill be retracing
theywill be retracing

Future Perfect

Iwill have been retracing
youwill have been retracing
he;she;itwill have been retracing
wewill have been retracing
youwill have been retracing
theywill have been retracing

Conditional

Present

Iwould be retracing
youwould be retracing
he;she;itwould be retracing
wewould be retracing
youwould be retracing
theywould be retracing

Perfect

Iwould have been retracing
youwould have been retracing
he;she;itwould have been retracing
wewould have been retracing
youwould have been retracing
theywould have been retracing

Other

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

reevaluate
reexamine, revise, review, rethink, recheck, reconsider, reweigh, think

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

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