concatenate

American  

[kon-kat-n-eyt] / kɒnˈkæt nˌeɪt /

verb (used with object)

concatenated, concatenating

1. to link together; unite in a series or chain.

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adjective

1. linked together, as in a chain.

concatenate British  

/ kɒnˈkætɪˌneɪt /

verb

1. (tr) to link or join together, esp in a chain or series

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adjective

1. linked or joined together

Other Word Forms

• concatenator noun
• unconcatenated adjective
• unconcatenating adjective

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

Example Sentences

In any collection worth our admiration, the end and shape of one story should cast its shadow over the next, and so on, until they all concatenate and form a greater shape by book's end.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 19, 2015

Dark Horse Green Word that typewriters, revolver shots and police sirens would concatenate in Carnegie Hall, last week drew a crowd unaccustomed to entering Manhattan's most formal music house.

From Time Magazine Archive

In Perisporium vulgare the ovate brown sporidia are at first, and for some time, attached together in fours in a concatenate or beaded manner.

From Fungi: Their Nature and Uses by Cooke, M. C. (Mordecai Cubitt)

The cause of truth is not served by unwarranted assertions; and the facts are often so difficult to concatenate that dogmatism becomes an impertinence.

From Introduction to the Old Testament by McFadyen, John Edgar

They shook hands although both were doubtful that they could concatenate a conversation.

From Tokyo to Tijuana: Gabriele Departing America by Sills, Steven (Steven David Justin)