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verbpretrace (third-person singular simple present pretraces, present participle pretracing, simple past and past participle pretraced)
present singular third person pretraces · participle present pretracing · participle past pretraced · past pretraced
- transitiveTo trace in advance.
Add large star cutouts for more experienced children to wrap in foil and hang, or pretrace the shapes of stars, moons, and suns and invite children to cut them out before wrapping them.
2008, Marjorie J. Kostelnik, Donna Howe, Grace Spalding, Teaching Young Children Using Themes (page 317)
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“pretrace.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pretrace. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pretrace,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pretrace.
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