Definition of Truncate
to reduce the length of an item by clipping it
Examples of Truncate in a sentence
Although the director loved all of his film footage, he had to truncate the movie so its runtime would be less than forty-five minutes. 🔊
Jill had to truncate her presentation so it would not exceed five minutes. 🔊
Because twitter has a character limit, I had to truncate my post so it would meet length requirements. 🔊
Bill will truncate the huge Christmas tree so it will fit in our small living room. 🔊
Since the contest limited the manuscript to seventy pages, the playwright had no choice but to truncate his play by deleting scenes. 🔊
The magazine editor decided to truncate the article so it would fit on one page instead of two. 🔊
When Kate has to send a hurried text message, she will truncate her words to save time. 🔊
Can you believe my husband chose to truncate my rant by hanging up on me? 🔊
Because of time restrictions, the guest reader will truncate the story by skipping a few pages in the book. 🔊
To save time when completing the math test, students are asked to truncate all numbers that have repeating digits after the decimal point. 🔊
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