# traces

Pronunciation: say "TRAY-siz" /ˈtɹeɪsɪz/

## Noun

1. Plural of trace. — plural of trace
   - Simple: Plural of trace. Use this form when you mean more than one mark or leftover bit.
   - _Investigators discovered traces of the missing chemical in the soil._
   - _Only faint traces of the ancient road remain visible today._
2. Extremely small amounts of a substance that remain behind, often too slight to notice easily.
   - Simple: Very small amounts of something that are left behind.
   - _The lab detected traces of lead in the drinking water._
   - _Only traces of the original mixture remained at the bottom of the bottle._

## Verb

3. Third-person singular simple present of trace. — third-person singular simple present indicative of trace
   - Simple: Third-person singular present of trace. Use this form after he, she, or it.
   - _The investigator traces every call back to its source._
   - _A narrow stream traces its way through the valley._

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/traces (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).