truncate

Meaning

Verb

1. (transitive) To shorten (something) by, or as if by, cutting part of it off.
2. (transitive) To shorten (a decimal number) by removing trailing (or leading) digits.
3. To replace a corner by a plane (or to make a similar change to a crystal).

Adj

1. (not-comparable) Truncated.
2. (not-comparable) Having an abrupt termination.

Synonyms

shorten

cut off

cut short

truncated

cut

mutilate

curtail

subtract

count down

take

take away

top

🔝

truncation

remove

abridge

degrade

deduct

maim

seize

abstract

clip

slash

dock

garble

intercept

interrupt

kneecap

lopping

mangle

miter

nick

nip

obtuse

abbreviate

removal

resection

retrench

round down

round off

scrimp

sever

shut off

snag

snub

switch off

tailless

write off

write-off

homalocephalus

cheese head

flat head

homalocoryphus

reef

ablation

abrade

amortise

amortize

amputate

bevel

blunt

blunted

break

break-in

break up

break with

brush

castrate

chamfer

chopping

decollate

diminish

disrupt

docking

excision

foreshorten

Translations

truncar

tronquer

abschneiden

tronqué

mutiler

abrechnen

abbrechen

entziehen

abräumen

Pronounced as (IPA)

/tɹʌŋˈkeɪt/

Etymology

From Latin truncātus, perfect passive participle of truncō (“maim, reduce to a trunk”); see trunk as a verb.