concatenate
Americanverb (used with object)
adjective
verb
adjective
Other Word Forms
Derived Forms
Conjugated Forms
Present
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has concatenatedperfect 3rd person singular
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have concatenatedperfect
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are concatenatingprogressive
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is concatenatingprogressive 3rd person singular
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am concatenatingprogressive 1st person singular
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have been concatenatingperfect progressive
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has been concatenatingperfect progressive 3rd person singular
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concatenatessingular 3rd person
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concatenatingparticiple
Past
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had concatenatedperfect
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was concatenatingprogressive singular
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had been concatenatingperfect progressive
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concatenatedsimple
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were concatenatingprogressive plural
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concatenatedparticiple
Future
Etymology
Origin of concatenate
1425–75; late Middle English (past participle) < Late Latin concatēnātus (past participle of concatēnāre ), equivalent to con- con- + Latin catēn ( a ) chain + -ātus -ate 1
Explanation
Did you just link together several memories of your brother to form one longer story for his wedding toast? If so, you concatenated without knowing it! That’s because concatenate means to link things together to form a series or chain. In truth, the word concatenate is really a mouthful. It's hard to imagine anyone using it when they could use a synonym, such as link for the verb form and linked for the adjective form, just as well. But if you’re looking to impress with big words, try it out! To understand the situation in the Middle East, you have to concatenate the events of the past 50 years. You can tell others about that book you really love which is really a concatenate series of related poems.
Vocabulary lists containing concatenate
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Example Sentences
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Concatenate, kon-kat′e-nāt, v.t. to chain or link together: to connect in a series.—n.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various
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