TRUNCATED
Dictionary entry overview: What does truncated mean? • TRUNCATED (adjective)
The adjective TRUNCATED has 2 senses:
1. cut short in duration
2. terminating abruptly by having or as if having an end or point cut off
Familiarity information: TRUNCATED used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• TRUNCATED (adjective)
Meaning:
Cut short in duration
Synonyms:
truncated; abbreviated; shortened
Context examples:
the abbreviated speech / her shortened life was clearly the result of smoking / an unsatisfactory truncated conversation
Similar:
short (primarily temporal sense; indicating or being or seeming to be limited in duration)
Meaning:
Terminating abruptly by having or as if having an end or point cut off
Synonyms:
truncate; truncated
Context examples:
a truncate leaf / truncated volcanic mountains / a truncated pyramid
Similar:
short ((primarily spatial sense) having little length or lacking in length)
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