CONCATENATE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does concatenate mean? 

• CONCATENATE (verb)
  The verb CONCATENATE has 2 senses:

1. combine two strings to form a single one

2. add by linking or joining so as to form a chain or series

  Familiarity information: CONCATENATE used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CONCATENATE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they concatenate    ... he / she / it concatenates   
Past simple: concatenated   
Past participle: concatenated   
-ing form: concatenating   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Combine two strings to form a single one

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "concatenate" is one way to...):

chain (connect or arrange into a chain by linking)

Verb group:

concatenate (add by linking or joining so as to form a chain or series)

Domain category:

computer science; computing (the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

concatenation (the state of being linked together as in a chain; union in a linked series)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Add by linking or joining so as to form a chain or series

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Context example:

concatenate characters

Hypernyms (to "concatenate" is one way to...):

add (make an addition (to); join or combine or unite with others; increase the quality, quantity, size or scope of)

Verb group:

concatenate (combine two strings to form a single one)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

concatenation (the act of linking together as in a series or chain)