traceable

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Etymology

trace + -able

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈtɹeɪsəbəl/, /ˈt͡ʃɹeɪsəbəl/

Adjective

traceable (comparative more traceable, superlative most traceable)

  1. Capable of being traced; possible to track down.
    There was no traceable evidence left when the detectives arrived.
    • 1927, Havelock Ellis, Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 2 (of 6):
      Homosexuality is easily traceable in India. Dubois referred to houses devoted to male prostitution, with men dressed as women, and imitating the ways of women.
    • 1951 January, “Notes and News: Parsonstown & Portumna Bridge Rly.”, in Railway Magazine, page 64:
      The course of the abandoned line is still clearly traceable.
    • 1988, J. Halley Cox, William H. Davenport, Hawaiian Sculpture: Revised Edition, page 96:
      The source of this characteristic is easily traceable to the wrestlerlike postures of the typical round-volumed sculptures.

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