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How to pronounce “truncate”
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Pronunciation guide for truncate
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of truncate with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 8 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- Still Earth
Time seems to truncate.
- Definition summary
- (transitive) To shorten (something) by, or as if by, cutting part of it off.
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How to pronounce truncate
Still Earth

Time seems to truncate.
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “truncate”
Meaning
- [Verb]
- (transitive) To shorten (something) by, or as if by, cutting part of it off.
- (mathematics, transitive) To shorten (a decimal number) by removing trailing (or leading) digits.
- (geometry) To replace a corner by a plane (or to make a similar change to a crystal).
- [Adjective]
- Truncated.
- (botany, anatomy) Having an abrupt termination.
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