truncate

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Pronunciation

/trʌŋˈkeɪt/(trung-KAYT)

Part of speech

verbneutral

Chinese

截断；删节；缩短

Definition

To shorten something by cutting off the top or end.

Word family

  • truncation/trʌŋˈkeɪʃən/(n)截断
  • truncated/trʌŋˈkeɪtɪd/(adj)被截断的

Collocations

  • truncate data
  • truncated version
  • truncate a filename
  • truncated text

Examples

  1. 1.The file name was truncated because it exceeded the character limit. (cut short)
  2. 2.The editor truncated the article to fit the page. (shortened by cutting the end)

Synonyms

  • shorten/ˈʃɔːtən/— make shorter, general
  • abridge/əˈbrɪdʒ/— shorten a text while keeping meaning
  • curtail/kɜːˈteɪl/— reduce in extent

Etymology

from Latin "truncare" = to cut off — "truncus" = trunk — cut down to the trunk