MEANING
Shorten something by cutting off part of its length or ending.
Use it for
Words that belong together
- truncate a quotation
- truncate a report
On the page
The excerpt truncates the final paragraph of the letter.
Nearby words
Opposite meanings
Word forms
- Base
- truncate
- Past tense
- truncated
- Past participle
- truncated
- Present participle
- truncating
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- truncate
- Present continuous
- am/is/are truncating
- Present perfect
- have/has truncated
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been truncating
- Past
- truncated
- Past continuous
- was/were truncating
- Past perfect
- had truncated
- Past perfect continuous
- had been truncating
- Future
- will truncate
- Future continuous
- will be truncating
- Future perfect
- will have truncated
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been truncating
Choose the auxiliary that agrees with your subject. These are constructions of one word, not separate entries.
Usage notes
Primary category: academic / formal. Forms: truncate; truncates; truncated; truncated; truncating Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: analysis, explanation, evaluation. Commonness: moderately common. Third-person singular: truncates.
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