truncate

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA ^(key): /trʌŋˈkeɪt/
• (US) IPA ^(key): /ˈtrʌŋˌkeɪt/

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Verb

Plain form truncate

Third-person singular truncates

Past tense truncated

Past participle truncated

Present participle truncating

1. (transitive) If you truncate something, you shorten it by a measurable value.