Figure
Trace
Trace verb - To draw or make apparent the outline of.
How words are described
| original | original figure | original trace |
| single | single figure | single trace |
| small | small figure | small trace |
| real | real figure | real trace |
| Other adjectives: large, little, slim, local. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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In "The Way In", Gordon develops a program which can trace Mutiny's inbound calls and users and try to figure out how many people are really logged in as opposed to freeloading off multiple logins.
Source: Series / Halt and Catch Fire -
Albeit oddly averted for one scene where they trace through page after page of hardcopy coredump, something familiar with many people trying to figure out why the OS entered kernel panic.
Source: Film / Hackers - In a car commercial, a series of mannequins light up in sequence as if to trace the Roof Hopping path of a single figure doing Le Parkour.
Source: Casual High Drop
Cite this Source
Trace and Figure. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/figure/trace
Figure & Trace. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/figure/trace>.
Trace or Figure. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/figure/trace.
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