# concatenation

> English word · Noun · IPA /kɑnˌkæt.ɪˈneɪ.ʃən/ · frequency rank #68,951

## Definitions
1. A series of links united; a series or order of things depending on each other, as if linked together; a chain, a succession.
2. The application of these series of links.
3. The operation of joining multiple character strings.
4. A character string formed by joining multiple character strings.

## Etymology
Borrowed from Latin concatenātiō. Related to chain.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/concatenation