truncate
verb /trʌŋˈkeɪt/
/ˈtrʌŋkeɪt/
[usually passive] (formal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they truncate | /trʌŋˈkeɪt/ /ˈtrʌŋkeɪt/ |
| he / she / it truncates | /trʌŋˈkeɪts/ /ˈtrʌŋkeɪts/ |
| past simple truncated | /trʌŋˈkeɪtɪd/ /ˈtrʌŋkeɪtɪd/ |
| past participle truncated | /trʌŋˈkeɪtɪd/ /ˈtrʌŋkeɪtɪd/ |
| -ing form truncating | /trʌŋˈkeɪtɪŋ/ /ˈtrʌŋkeɪtɪŋ/ |
- truncate something to make something shorter, especially by cutting off the top or end
- My article was published in truncated form.
- a truncated pyramid
- Further discussion was truncated by the arrival of tea.
Word Originlate 15th cent. (earlier (Middle English) as truncation): from Latin truncat- ‘maimed’, from the verb truncare.