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truncate

Syllables: trun·cate/tɹʌŋˈkeɪt/US/ˈtɹʌŋˌke̯ɪ̯t/

truncate verb: to shorten (something) by, or as if by, cutting part of it off.

Verb

truncate (third-person singular simple present truncates, present participle truncating, simple past and past participle truncated)

  1. (transitive) To shorten (something) by, or as if by, cutting part of it off.
    • The script was truncated to leave time for commercials.
    • All these great plans were in vain, however, for in the cold dawn following the "Mania" years of 1845-46 the M.B.M. & M.J.R. project was truncated to an 11½-mile line from Ambergate to Rowsley.1960 March, J. P. Wilson, E. N. C. Haywood, “The route through the Peak - Derby to Manchester: Part One”, in Trains Illustrated, page 149
  2. (transitive) To shorten (a decimal number) by removing trailing (or leading) digits.
  3. To replace a corner by a plane (or to make a similar change to a crystal).

Adjective

truncate (comparative more truncate, superlative most truncate)

  1. Truncated.
  2. Having an abrupt termination.

truncate meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Malayalam and Kannada

truncate in Tamil

குறை, வெட்டிக் குறை, தட்டையான, அங்கம் இழந்த, உடல் அங்கப் பகுதியிழந்த, துண்டாக்கல்

truncate in Urdu

مسخ کرنا, قلم کرنا

truncate in Malayalam

മുറിച്ചുകളയുക, ചെറുതാക്കുക, ദൈർഘ്യം കുറയ്ക്കുക

truncate in Kannada

ಸವರು, ಕಡಿ, ಕಡಿಮೆ ಮಾಡು, ತುದಿ ಕತ್ತರಿಸು, ಚಿಕ್ಕದು ಮಾಡು, ಸಮತಲಮಾಡು
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truncate in Arabic
بَتَرَ batara, شَذَّبَ šaḏḏaba, قَطَعَ qaṭaʕa, قَلَّمَ qallama
truncate in Vietnamese
cắt xén

Synonyms of truncate

Forms of truncate

Verb
third-person singular presenttruncates
present participletruncating
past participletruncated
pasttruncated
Adjective
comparativemore truncate
superlativemost truncate

Past tense of truncate: truncated

Origin of truncate

From Latin truncātus, perfect passive participle of truncō (“maim, reduce to a trunk”); see trunk as a verb.

Words formed from truncate

Questions about truncate

What does truncate mean?
Truncate means to shorten (something) by, or as if by, cutting part of it off.
What is truncate in Tamil?
Truncate in Tamil is குறை, வெட்டிக் குறை, தட்டையான. See Truncate meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is truncate?
Truncate can be a verb or an adjective.
How do you pronounce truncate?
Truncate is pronounced /tɹʌŋˈkeɪt/ (UK).
What is the past tense of truncate?
The past tense of truncate is truncated.

Words near truncate in the dictionary

  1. Trumpworld
  2. Trumpy
  3. Trun
  4. truncal
  5. truncally
  6. truncate
  7. truncated
  8. truncated cube
  9. truncated cubes
  10. truncated cuboctahedra
  11. truncated cuboctahedron

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Adapted from Wiktionary: truncate (page history and authors); truncate (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); truncate (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); truncate (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); truncate (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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