truncate: verb definition: to shorten by cutting off a part

truncate pronunciation: truhng-keyt

truncate related forms: noun truncation adjective truncated adverb truncately

truncate abridge curtail trim cut top shorten abbreviate prune synonyms: abridge curtail trim cut top shorten abbreviate prune

truncate The baby needs to truncate his appetite before he develops Diabetes.

truncate Film-makers often have to truncate the stories in novels to make a 2-hour movie.

truncate si The girls’ business venture was truncated by an unfair community policy.

truncate The impending hurricane truncated the family’s vacation.

truncate Although many Olympic hopefuls earned well-deserved medals, the dreams of many others were truncated this past summer.

truncation The truncation of the word telephone has become part of our accepted vocabulary.

truncation In poetry, truncation is when an unaccented syllable is cut from the beginning or end of a line; the line is truncated.

The word “flu” is the truncated form of the word influenza. truncated (adj) The word “flu” is the truncated form of the word influenza.

truncated (adj) Students should not read truncated versions of novels and plays, for they often miss out on the real story.