concatenate
concatenate — verb
- concatenatepresent simple I / you / we / they
- concatenates3rd person singular
- concatenating-ing form
- concatenatedpast simple
1. to join separate items end-to-end so that they form one continuous sequence, wit
to join separate items end-to-end so that they form one continuous sequence, with each piece following directly after the previous one.
The editor concatenated the four interview clips into one long recording for the podcast.
concatenate + plural noun + into + singular result
Sivan's program concatenates the customer's first name and last name to build a username.
typical computing collocation: concatenate strings
Iris concatenated dozens of short diary entries to tell one continuous family story.
Mathieu concatenated the short film reels into one continuous show for the museum visitors.
In Hana's laptop, four small memory chips are concatenated to act as one larger storage block.
- link
much more common; everyday register
- chain
emphasises the linear, one-after-another shape of the result
- join
general purpose; doesn't require the items to stay in a fixed order
- string together
informal phrasal verb with the same end-to-end meaning
文法句型
concatenate + noun (plural / collective)
用法筆記
Subject is usually a person, program, or device that processes items in order; object is almost always plural or a collective noun (clips, files, strings, segments). Rare in everyday speech — most common in computing, editing, and technical writing.
常見錯誤
concatenate — adjective
- concatenatepositive
- more concatenatecomparative
- most concatenatesuperlative
1. describing items that have been joined together one after another to form a sing
describing items that have been joined together one after another to form a single continuous sequence.
Joaquín presented a concatenate series of charts that traced the project from start to finish.
attributive use: concatenate + abstract noun
The textbook explained how a concatenate chain of small reactions can release a large amount of energy.
technical noun phrase: concatenate chain
Amani drew a concatenate line of arrows to show how each step led directly to the next.
The lab report described the data as a concatenate set of measurements taken over three days.
- separate
items kept apart, not joined in a sequence
- disconnected
with no link between the parts
文法句型
concatenate + noun
用法筆記
Almost always attributive (sits before a noun); very rarely used after 'be'. Speakers normally choose 'linked', 'connected', or 'joined' instead in everyday writing; the adjective form survives mainly in technical or older formal texts.