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Understanding meaning

Trace can have different meanings.

One meaning of trace is to look at how something developed in order to find how it started or what caused it.

For example:

This film traces the events which led to the Russian Revolution in 1917.

Which answers below are closest in meaning to trace? Choose the 3 correct answers.

ignore something

describe a series of events

discover how something started

find the causes