Concatenate
[kon-KAT-ən-eyt]
Part of speech: verb
Origin: Latin, 15th century
1.
Link (things) together in a chain or series.
Examples of Concatenate in a sentence
"One of the first things I learned in my virtual computer science class was to concatenate, or string together, a list of variables."
"Instead of scrolling a long list of individual tweets, it’s easier to use an app that concatenates strings of tweets into a single thread."
About Concatenate
“Concatenate” is based on the Latin “concatēnāre,” meaning “to link together.”
Did you Know?
“Concatenate” is a very old word with many modern applications. It entered English from Latin in the 15th century — first as an adjective describing things chained together, then as a verb describing that chaining. “Concatenate” has become an important verb for the age of abundant digital data. Microsoft Excel includes the option to “concatenate data,” and data-entry workers might enter reams of unorganized information, and later concatenate it into more accessible databases for easier searching and reading.
