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English adjective: truncate | |||
| 1. | truncate terminating abruptly by having or as if having an end or point cut off | ||
| Samples | A truncate leaf. Truncated volcanic mountains. A truncated pyramid. | ||
| Synonyms | truncated | ||
| Similar | short | ||
| Antonyms | long | ||
English verb: truncate | |||
| 1. | truncate (possession) replace a corner by a plane | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | exchange, interchange, replace, substitute | ||
| Domain category | geometry | ||
| 2. | truncate (cognition) approximate by ignoring all terms beyond a chosen one | ||
| Samples | Truncate a series. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | approximate, estimate, gauge, guess, judge | ||
| Domain category | math, mathematics, maths | ||
| 3. | truncate (change) make shorter as if by cutting off | ||
| Samples | Truncate a word. Erosion has truncated the ridges of the mountains. | ||
| Synonyms | cut short | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | shorten | ||
| Entail | chop off, cut off, lop off | ||
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