truncate
- adjective
- /ˈtrʌŋkeɪt/
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truncado
- Her explanation was only a truncated version of the full story, leaving out many details.
And not an intellectual in the good sense, but in, we could say, the truncated sense, right?
- And not an intellectual in the good sense, but in, we could say, the truncated sense, right?
- That's, that's the in a nutshell, a highly truncated, simplified version of the kind of optimization problems that I'm discussing.
Examples
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The presentation was too long, so I focused on the most important points and gave a truncated summary.
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The report provided a truncated overview of the research findings, omitting the complex methodology.
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So as a result, language becomes very truncated, right?
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And not an intellectual in the good sense, but in, we could say, the truncated sense, right?
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That's, that's the in a nutshell, a highly truncated, simplified version of the kind of optimization problems that I'm discussing.
Synonyms
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4.2
Shorter than normal in time or length
An object with its end cut off, like a cone with its top removed
Made not as long in time, size, or distance
Antonyms
How Abrupt
Surface Forms
Morphology
truncate = trunc + ate
The adjectival meaning 'appearing cut off' is clearly related to the verb sense, but the root 'trunc-' is not a standalone English word, so the segmentation is only partially helpful to learners.
Etymology
The word truncate as an adjective also goes back to Latin truncare and truncus 'trunk', giving the picture of a tip that has been cut off. Picture a mountain or cone with its top suddenly removed. So when something is truncate it looks like it ends abruptly, as if 'cut off'.