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trung-KAYT/trʌŋˈkeɪt/

To truncate is to shorten by cutting off a part: truncate the night slice, a truncated n. Cut (already in the dictionary) is everyday; dropping a slice without a note is still a methods hole.

Meaning

To shorten by cutting off a part (from cut, already in the dictionary).

Examples

• “Do not truncate the night slice from the n without a codebook note.”
• “Cut is already in this course. Shorten is the close twin. Silence is a slogan. A named list with a date is methods. Write the frame; then keep the silence if the ethics minute still allows the cut.”

Good to know

Shorten by cutting off. Everyday: cut (already in the dictionary). Silence ≠ a frame.

Near in meaning

shorten, cut, clip

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