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# traceable

adjective

«traceable» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Able to be found or followed back to where it started. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/traceable/#m1)
2. Able to be copied by drawing over it (rare). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/traceable/#m2)

### 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://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/traceable/#x1)
- The problem was traceable to a broken wire. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/traceable/#x2)
- Online messages are often traceable. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/traceable/#x3)
- Her family is traceable back many generations. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/traceable/#x4)
- The parcel is traceable with a tracking number. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/traceable/#x5)
- The smell was traceable to a rotten apple. [tree →](https://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://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.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «traceable» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/traceable/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«traceable» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/traceable.html) on Mova free.