concatenate
UK: /kənˈkæt.ɪ.neɪt/ | US: /kənˈkæt̬.ə.neɪt/
vt. to link together in a chain or series
vt. (computing) to join strings or data sequentially
Derived from Latin concatenare ("to link together"), combining con- (intensive prefix meaning "together") and catena ("chain"). The morpheme caten preserves the core idea of chaining, while -ate marks it as a verb. The word vividly reflects the action of connecting items like links in a chain, a concept retained in both general and computing contexts.
The program will concatenate the two text files into a single document.
Historians often concatenate events to show cause-and-effect relationships.
Use the "+" operator to concatenate strings in Python.
The artist concatenated broken pottery shards to create a mosaic.
DNA strands naturally concatenate during replication.