Truncate
verb
To shorten by cutting off a part.
The editor had to truncate the author's lengthy manuscript.
Often appears as...
- truncate a sentence
- truncate a file
verb
To remove the end of something, especially a word or a number.
In some programming languages, you can truncate a decimal number to remove the fractional part.
Often appears as...
- truncate a variable
- truncate a string
Usage tips
Technical
adjective
Made shorter or quicker by removing parts.
In the meeting, we had to present a truncate version of the original plan.
Often appears as...
- truncate version
- truncate presentation
Usage tips
Formal, Approving
Academic
verb
To replace missing data with a string of zeros or blanks.
If a number isn't whole, you can truncate it by replacing the decimal point with zeros.
Often appears as...
- truncate data
- truncate zeros
Usage tips
Technical
verb
To shorten by cutting off a part.
The editor had to truncate the author's lengthy manuscript.
Often appears as...
- truncate a sentence
- truncate a file
verb
To remove the end of something, especially a word or a number.
In some programming languages, you can truncate a decimal number to remove the fractional part.
Often appears as...
- truncate a variable
- truncate a string
Usage tips
Technical
adjective
Made shorter or quicker by removing parts.
In the meeting, we had to present a truncate version of the original plan.
Often appears as...
- truncate version
- truncate presentation
Usage tips
Formal, Approving
Academic
verb
To replace missing data with a string of zeros or blanks.
If a number isn't whole, you can truncate it by replacing the decimal point with zeros.
Often appears as...
- truncate data
- truncate zeros
Usage tips
Technical
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/2Partial Removal
Truncate means cutting off only a part of something, not its entirety.
We had to truncate the guest list to fit the venue capacity.
Pro Tip 2/2Specific Contexts
The term is mostly used in editing, writing, and speaking where content needs shortening.
The speaker truncated his lecture due to time constraints.
Pro Tip 1/2Partial Removal
Truncate means cutting off only a part of something, not its entirety.
We had to truncate the guest list to fit the venue capacity.
Pro Tip 2/2Specific Contexts
The term is mostly used in editing, writing, and speaking where content needs shortening.
The speaker truncated his lecture due to time constraints.
Pro Tip 1/2Partial Removal
Truncate means cutting off only a part of something, not its entirety.
We had to truncate the guest list to fit the venue capacity.
Pro Tip 2/2Specific Contexts
The term is mostly used in editing, writing, and speaking where content needs shortening.
The speaker truncated his lecture due to time constraints.
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Who controls the world?...
the relative distribution of shares and the network really matters about 10 years ago mister truncated Rivera had ownership and control in a small company which had ownership and control in the
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Eduardo Sáenz de...
said that the best was to use a truncated octahedron which, as you all know -- is this thing here!
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Quote examples
Nick Denton
British Journalist
Google and others truncate headlines at 70 characters. On the Manti Teo story, Deadspin's scoop fell down the Google search results, overtaken by copycat stories with simpler headlines. Deadspin's headline was 118 characters. Vital information - 'hoax' - was one of the words that was cut off.
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Joe Bonamassa
American Musician
The first thing you realise very quickly when you decide to do an acoustic version of an electric song is your solo either becomes either very truncated, very different, or non-existent, because even if you play a clean solo, it's different with the Kryptonite... with the acoustic.
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Noam Chomsky
American Activist
You could imagine a language exactly like English except it doesn't have connectives like 'and' that allow you to make longer expressions. An infant learning truncated English would have no idea about this: They would just pick it up as they would standard English.
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Neal Katyal
American Lawyer
No responsible scholar who thinks a sitting president cannot be indicted also thinks an attorney general can try to truncate a process of oversight - by Congress, for example - by 'pre-clearing' the president in advance.
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Alan Huffman
American Author
Long-distance train conversations are unlike the perfunctory exchanges one normally associates with strangers, or the truncated, cut-to-the-chase kind that sometimes take place between seatmates on a plane.
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Jimmy Smits
American Actor
The great thing about working in cable is that, since the season is truncated - we only do 12 shows - the writers are more at ease in terms of mapping out the trajectory of the story and the characters.
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Norman Lindsay
Australian Artist
A writer who presents men and women as creatures truncated below the waist is exposed as one who goes about without his trousers saying, 'see, I have had my testicles removed.
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Henry Rollins
American Musician
A text conversation is a short exchange of often grossly truncated language that corresponds to a thought made all the more shallow by the process.
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Eric McCormack
Canadian Actor
In the future, things will truncate! No, in the age of Twitter, we can't be upset when words become shorter.
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David Novak
American Theologian
Roots can live without branches, although truncated; branches cannot live without roots.
Quote examples
Nick Denton
British Journalist
Google and others truncate headlines at 70 characters. On the Manti Teo story, Deadspin's scoop fell down the Google search results, overtaken by copycat stories with simpler headlines. Deadspin's headline was 118 characters. Vital information - 'hoax' - was one of the words that was cut off.
Quote examples
Joe Bonamassa
American Musician
The first thing you realise very quickly when you decide to do an acoustic version of an electric song is your solo either becomes either very truncated, very different, or non-existent, because even if you play a clean solo, it's different with the Kryptonite... with the acoustic.
Quote examples
Noam Chomsky
American Activist
You could imagine a language exactly like English except it doesn't have connectives like 'and' that allow you to make longer expressions. An infant learning truncated English would have no idea about this: They would just pick it up as they would standard English.
Quote examples
Neal Katyal
American Lawyer
No responsible scholar who thinks a sitting president cannot be indicted also thinks an attorney general can try to truncate a process of oversight - by Congress, for example - by 'pre-clearing' the president in advance.
Quote examples
Alan Huffman
American Author
Long-distance train conversations are unlike the perfunctory exchanges one normally associates with strangers, or the truncated, cut-to-the-chase kind that sometimes take place between seatmates on a plane.
Quote examples
Jimmy Smits
American Actor
The great thing about working in cable is that, since the season is truncated - we only do 12 shows - the writers are more at ease in terms of mapping out the trajectory of the story and the characters.
Quote examples
Norman Lindsay
Australian Artist
A writer who presents men and women as creatures truncated below the waist is exposed as one who goes about without his trousers saying, 'see, I have had my testicles removed.
Quote examples
Henry Rollins
American Musician
A text conversation is a short exchange of often grossly truncated language that corresponds to a thought made all the more shallow by the process.
Quote examples
Eric McCormack
Canadian Actor
In the future, things will truncate! No, in the age of Twitter, we can't be upset when words become shorter.
Quote examples
David Novak
American Theologian
Roots can live without branches, although truncated; branches cannot live without roots.
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