truncate
truncated; truncating; truncates
The verb truncate means to cut off or shorten. You can truncate a board that is too long using a power saw, a chain saw, or perhaps even a karate kick.
The word truncate is from a Latin word, truncare, which means "to maim or to cut off." Although this brings to mind a more grisly image ("truncate a limb in an accident"), you can actually truncate things that are not related to anatomy. You could truncate an essay by omitting a paragraph or two, or you could even truncate your vacation in Belize by heading home early.
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make shorter as if by cutting off
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approximate by ignoring all terms beyond a chosen one“truncate a series”
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type of:
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approximate, estimate, gauge, guess, judge
judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time)
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approximate, estimate, gauge, guess, judge
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replace a corner by a plane
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type of:
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exchange, interchange, replace, substitute
put in the place of another; switch seemingly equivalent items
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exchange, interchange, replace, substitute
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terminating abruptly by having or as if having an end or point cut off
Vocabulary lists containing truncate
In this romantic comedy, Henri, a Haitian-American teenager who dreams of attending Columbia University, is coerced into helping one of his classmates change her image.
An orphan living in ancient Egypt, twelve-year-old Ranofer dreams of becoming a master goldsmith — but instead he must work at menial jobs for his cruel half-brother. When Ranofer discovers a stolen goblet in his brother's possession, he believes he may have a chance at a new life.
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