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Source: wiktionary
Truncate
/ˈtɹʌŋˌkeɪt/
Synonyms for "truncate" (132 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (27)
Adjective(2 words)
Verb(7 words)
Noun(4 words)
Strong matches (39)
Related words (66)
Related word relations
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More general
22 entriesShowing 16 of 22 words.
More specific
12 entriesCollocations
12 entriesdata truncationlength truncationtime truncationtruncate characterstruncate decimal placestruncate lengthtruncate search resultstruncate tabletruncate to integertruncation operationtruncation pointword truncation
Inflections
3 entriesDerivations
2 entriessimilar
1 entriesTranslations
31 translations across 19 languages.
Arabic
4 entries- بَتَرَ verb (shorten something as if by cutting off part of it)
- شَذَّبَ verb (shorten something as if by cutting off part of it)
- قَطَعَ verb (shorten something as if by cutting off part of it)
- قَلَّمَ verb (shorten something as if by cutting off part of it)
Bulgarian
2 entries- орязвам verb (shorten something as if by cutting off part of it)
- отрязвам върха на verb (shorten something as if by cutting off part of it)
Catalan
1 entries- truncar verb (shorten something as if by cutting off part of it)
Czech
2 entries- seříznout verb (shorten something as if by cutting off part of it)
- zkrátit verb (shorten something as if by cutting off part of it)
Dutch
3 entries- afhakken verb (shorten something as if by cutting off part of it)
- afkappen verb (shorten something as if by cutting off part of it)
- inkorten verb (shorten something as if by cutting off part of it)
Finnish
3 entries- katkaista verb (shorten something as if by cutting off part of it)
- lyhentää verb (shorten something as if by cutting off part of it)
- typistää verb (shorten something as if by cutting off part of it)
French
1 entries- tronquer verb (shorten something as if by cutting off part of it)
German
2 entries- abschneiden verb (shorten something as if by cutting off part of it)
- kürzen verb (shorten something as if by cutting off part of it)
Greek
1 entries- κονταίνω verb (shorten something as if by cutting off part of it)
Hungarian
2 entries- csonkol verb (shorten something as if by cutting off part of it)
- lenyes verb (shorten something as if by cutting off part of it)
Italian
1 entries- troncare verb (shorten something as if by cutting off part of it)
Latin
1 entries- truncō verb (shorten something as if by cutting off part of it)
Māori
2 entries- auporo verb (shorten something as if by cutting off part of it)
- mutumutu verb (shorten something as if by cutting off part of it)
Neapolitan
1 entries- scurtà verb (shorten something as if by cutting off part of it)
Piedmontese
1 entries- strompé verb (shorten something as if by cutting off part of it)
Portuguese
1 entries- truncar verb (shorten something as if by cutting off part of it)
Russian
1 entries- усека́ть verb (shorten something as if by cutting off part of it)
Spanish
1 entries- truncar verb (shorten something as if by cutting off part of it)
Vietnamese
1 entries- cắt xén verb (shorten something as if by cutting off part of it)
Sample sentences
2 total sentences available.
All these great plans were in vain, however, for in the cold dawn following the "Mania" years of 1845-46 the M.B.M. & M.J.R. project was truncated to an 11½-mile line from Ambergate to Rowsley.
Source: wiktionary