TRUNCATE as VERB

1. Meaning
   • make shorter as if by cutting off
   Synonym(s)
   • cut short (what does cut short mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • truncate a word
   • Erosion has truncated the ridges of the mountains
   Hypernyms(s) truncate is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • shorten (what does shorten mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • truncation (what does truncation mean?)
   Entail(s)
   • cut off (what does cut off mean?)
   • chop off (what does chop off mean?)
   • lop off (what does lop off mean?)
2. Meaning
   • approximate by ignoring all terms beyond a chosen one
   Usage Example(s)
   • truncate a series
   Hypernyms(s) truncate is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • estimate (what does estimate mean?)
   • gauge (what does gauge mean?)
   • approximate (what does approximate mean?)
   • guess (what does guess mean?)
   • judge (what does judge mean?)
3. Meaning
   • replace a corner by a plane
   Hypernyms(s) truncate is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • substitute (what does substitute mean?)
   • replace (what does replace mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • truncation (what does truncation mean?)

TRUNCATE as ADJECTIVE

1. Meaning
   • terminating abruptly by having or as if having an end or point cut off
   Synonym(s)
   • truncated (what does truncated mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • a truncate leaf
   • truncated volcanic mountains
   • a truncated pyramid
   Similar To
   • short (what does short mean?)