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# traceable

«traceable» in Mova's school dictionary: **Able to be found or followed back to where it started** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective

### meaning for a pupil

1) Able to be found or followed back to where it started. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/traceable/#m1)

2) Able to be copied by drawing over it (rare). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/traceable/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In science, food safety and the news: «traceable» food can be followed back to the farm it came from. Phone calls, money and emails may be traceable. In history: «traceable to» means a cause can be found. Phrases: «traceable to», «easily traceable», «fully traceable».

### examples

- All the meat in this shop is traceable to local farms. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/traceable/#x1)
- The problem was traceable to a broken wire. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/traceable/#x2)
- Online messages are often traceable. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/traceable/#x3)
- Her family is traceable back many generations. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/traceable/#x4)
- The parcel is traceable with a tracking number. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/traceable/#x5)
- The smell was traceable to a rotten apple. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/traceable/#x6)
- The travels of the "Fables of Bidpai" from India to Europe are well known and distinctly traceable. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/traceable/#x7)

### note

Spelling: keep the «e»: «trace + able» = «traceable» (the «e» keeps the «c» soft). Opposite: «untraceable». Usually followed by «to» + the source.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «traceable» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/traceable/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.