Meaning & use
truncated version
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Meanings
nouncountable
a shortened form of something, such as a text, recording, or data set, from which parts have been cut off.
Grammar: Countable: use 'a truncated version' or 'truncated versions'; often followed by 'of'.
Patterns
- a truncated version of something
- in a truncated version
- produce a truncated version
The website posted a truncated version of the interview, cutting the last ten minutes.
We watched a truncated version of the film on the flight.
The software saves a truncated version of each file name.
nouncountabletechnical
a form of a word that has been shortened by dropping sounds or letters.
Grammar: Used in language study; often followed by 'of'.
Patterns
- a truncated version of a word
In casual speech, 'gonna' is a truncated version of 'going to'.
The dictionary lists 'ad' as a truncated version of 'advertisement'.
Word forms
| plural | truncated versions |
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Common combinations
- a truncated version of the report
- The committee read a truncated version of the report.
- release a truncated version
- The studio released a truncated version for television.
- show a truncated version
- The museum shows a truncated version of the documentary.
- truncated version of events
- His account was a truncated version of events.
Synonyms and how they differ
- abridged version
- Use 'abridged' when a text is shortened on purpose for readers, while 'truncated' often suggests something was cut off abruptly or incompletely.
- shortened form
- A more general phrase; it does not suggest that material was lost or removed, as 'truncated' often does.
- condensed version
- This means the content was made shorter but keeps the main points, whereas a truncated version may simply be missing parts.
Opposites
Word family
- truncate verb
- to shorten something by cutting off a part.
- truncated adjective
- shortened by having a part cut off.
- truncation noun
- the act or result of cutting something short.
Commonly confused: truncated version or trunkated?
truncated version vs trunkated
A common misspelling. The correct spelling is 'truncated', with 'trunc-'.
Practice
The podcast published a ______ version of the two-hour interview, so several answers were missing.
Choose one answer.
'Truncated' is the adjective needed before the noun 'version'. 'Truncate' is a verb, 'truncating' would describe an action in progress, and 'truncation' is a noun, so none of them fits this position.
Make it your own
Write a sentence using “truncated version”, then check it and compare it with the examples above.