Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to truncate
Participle: truncated
Gerund: truncating
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | truncate |
| you | truncate |
| he;she;it | truncates |
| we | truncate |
| you | truncate |
| they | truncate |
Perfect
| I | have truncated |
| you | have truncated |
| he;she;it | has truncated |
| we | have truncated |
| you | have truncated |
| they | have truncated |
Past
| I | truncated |
| you | truncated |
| he;she;it | truncated |
| we | truncated |
| you | truncated |
| they | truncated |
Pluperfect
| I | had truncated |
| you | had truncated |
| he;she;it | had truncated |
| we | had truncated |
| you | had truncated |
| they | had truncated |
Future
| I | will truncate |
| you | will truncate |
| he;she;it | will truncate |
| we | will truncate |
| you | will truncate |
| they | will truncate |
Future Perfect
| I | will have truncated |
| you | will have truncated |
| he;she;it | will have truncated |
| we | will have truncated |
| you | will have truncated |
| they | will have truncated |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | truncate |
| you | truncate |
| he;she;it | truncate |
| we | truncate |
| you | truncate |
| they | truncate |
Perfect
| I | have truncated |
| you | have truncated |
| he;she;it | have truncated |
| we | have truncated |
| you | have truncated |
| they | have truncated |
Imperfect
| I | truncated |
| you | truncated |
| he;she;it | truncated |
| we | truncated |
| you | truncated |
| they | truncated |
Pluperfect
| I | had truncated |
| you | had truncated |
| he;she;it | had truncated |
| we | had truncated |
| you | had truncated |
| they | had truncated |
Conditional
Present
| I | would truncate |
| you | would truncate |
| he;she;it | would truncate |
| we | would truncate |
| you | would truncate |
| they | would truncate |
Perfect
| I | would have truncated |
| you | would have truncated |
| he;she;it | would have truncated |
| we | would have truncated |
| you | would have truncated |
| they | would have truncated |
Imperative
| you | truncate |
| we | Let's truncate |
| you | truncate |
Verbs conjugated like 'truncate'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'truncate'
detruncate,
obtruncate,
aberuncate,
brumate,
coruscate,
cruciate,
detuncate,
educate,
enunciate,
eructate,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to make shorter
- abbreviate, abridge, chop off, compress, condense, curt, curtail, lop off, make shorter, pare, prune, reduce in length, shorten, trim
- trim
- lop, condense, compact, consolidate, mangle, digest, summarize, abbreviate
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. 1486, from L. truncatus "cut off," pp. of truncare "to maim, cut off," from truncus "mutilated, cut off" (see trunk).
2. From Latin truncātus, perfect passive participle of truncō (“maim, reduce to a trunk”); see trunk as a verb.
Sample Sentences
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The script was truncated to leave time for commercials.
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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. [1960 March, J. P. Wilson, E. N. C. Haywood, “The route through the Peak - Derby to Manchester: Part One”, in Trains Illustrated, page 149:]