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truncate [truhng-keyt] Example Sentences
Main Entry:
truncate [truhng-keyt]
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: shorten
Synonyms: abbreviate, abridge, clip, crop, curtail, cut, cut off, cut short, lop, pare, prune, shear, top, trim
Antonyms: elongate, expand, lengthen, stretch
Main Entry: abridge
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: shorten
Synonyms: abbreviate, abstract, blue pencil, chop, clip, compress, concentrate, condense, contract, curtail, cut, decrease, digest, diminish, downsize, lessen, limit, narrow, put in nutshell, reduce, restrict, slash, snip, summarize, trim, truncate
Antonyms: add, enlarge, expand, extend, increase, lengthen
Main Entry: amputate
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: remove a limb
Synonyms: cut away, cut off, dismember, eliminate, excise, lop, separate, sever, truncate
Example Sentences
  • To truncate a long and tedious story, it has not so far succeeded.
  • Comments are useless if you truncate the conclusions.
  • Unfortunately, anthologies truncate selections, but often excerpts can move us to read works in their entirety.
Main Entry: chop
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: cut up with tool
Synonyms: axe, cleave, clip, cube, dice, divide, fell, fragment, hack, hackle, hash, hew, lop, mangle, mince, sever, shear, slash, truncate, whack
Main Entry: clip
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: cut short
Synonyms: bob, crop, curtail, cut, cut back, decrease, dock, lower, mow, pare, prune, reduce, shave, shear, shorten, skive, slash, snip, trim, truncate
Antonyms: lengthen
Main Entry: crop
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: cut, trim off
Synonyms: chop, clip, curtail, detach, detruncate, disengage, hew, lop, mow, pare, pollard, prune, reduce, shave, shear, shorten, skive, slash, snip, top, truncate
Main Entry: curtail
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: cut short; abridge
Synonyms: abbreviate, boil down, chop, clip, contract, cramp, cut, cut back, decrease, diminish, dock, downsize, get to meat, halt, lessen, lop, minify, pare down, put in nutshell, reduce, retrench, roll back, shorten, slash, trim, truncate
Antonyms: extend, increase, lengthen, prolong
Main Entry: lessen
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: lower, reduce
Synonyms: abate, abridge, amputate, attenuate, become smaller, clip, close, contract, crop, curtail, cut, cut back, de-escalate, decline, decrease, degrade, die down, dilute, diminish, downsize, drain, dwindle, ease, erode, grow less, impair, lighten, minify, minimize, mitigate, moderate, narrow, roll back, shrink, slack up, slacken, slow down, soft-pedal, take the bite out, take the edge off, take the sting out, taper, taper off, thin, truncate, weaken, wind down
Notes: lessen means to decrease in size, extent, or range, while a lesson is a unit of instruction
Antonyms: enlarge, extend, increase, raise, strengthen
Main Entry: lop
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: trim
Synonyms: chop, clip, crop, cut, cut back, cut down, mow, pare, pare down, prune, shear, snip, truncate
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