traceable

/'treisəbl/

Thân thiện

The archaeologist follows the traceable path of the ancient wall.

Definition

Adjective 1. Capable of being followed, discovered, or ascertained: Describes something whose origin, path, or history can be tracked, identified, or reconstructed. 2. Able to be attributed to a specific source or cause: Often followed by the preposition 'to', indicating that something can be linked back to a particular origin or reason.

Examples of Usage

• The company ensures all financial transactions are traceable for auditing purposes.
• The source of the rumor was not traceable.
• The artist's style is clearly traceable to the Impressionist movement.
• The problem is traceable to a simple software bug.

Advanced Usage

• "Traceable to": This is the most common collocation, used to attribute a cause or origin.
  • The success of the project is directly traceable to her leadership.
• In supply chain management, "traceable" refers to the ability to track a product's journey from raw material to final sale.
  • Consumers demand traceable and ethically sourced ingredients.

Variants and Related Words

• Trace (verb): To find, discover, or follow the course or development of something.
  • Detectives tried to trace the caller's location.
• Tracer (noun): A person or thing that traces; also a bullet or shell whose course is made visible by a trail of flames or smoke.
• Untraceable (adj.): The opposite, meaning incapable of being traced.
  • The message was sent from an untraceable number.

Synonyms

• Attributable
• Identifiable
• Trackable
• Discoverable

Antonyms

• Untraceable
• Unidentifiable
• Irretrievable

Học thuật

Adjective

1. capable of being traced or tracked
   • a traceable riverbed
   • the traceable course of an ancient wall
2. (usually followed by `to') able to be traced to
   • a failure traceable to lack of energy

Từ đồng nghĩa

• trackable