concatenates

Joins end-to-end

Concatenates means joins things together in a series or chain.

The word appears most often in computing, where to concatenate is to combine strings of text or data end-to-end: The function concatenates the first and last name into a single field.

Outside technical contexts, concatenate describes linking events or ideas in sequence.

sequence

chain

Linked segments forming length

linkPoint of connection
connectJoin or link
seriesOrdered set of related items

succession · progression · order · lineup · queue · align · string · thread · interlink · interconnect

strings

append

Add at the end

joinConnect or enlist
combineMerge, or harvesting machine
mergeCombine into unity

splice · link · connect · chain · attach · affix · interlink · assemble · compile · sequence

data

merge

Combine into unity

combineMerge, or harvesting machine
joinConnect or enlist
appendAdd at the end

union · aggregate · consolidate · integrate · fuse · bind · link · compile · assemble · stack

Opposites

joining vs. separating

concatenatessplits

Divides into parts

separates · divides · severs · breaks apart · partitions

aggregation vs. disaggregation

concatenatesdecomposes

Breaks into simpler components

disassembles · parses · disperses · scatters · breaks down

Family

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