Meaning

1 senses

  1. To connect things together, especially to form a chain.

More definitions
  • arrange in a series of rings or chains, as for spores

Translations

3 languages

Origin

Borrowed from Latin catēnātus (“chained”), from catēnāre, from catēna (“chain”).

Borrowed from Latin catēnātus (“chained”), from catēnāre, from catēna (“chain”).

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Forms

catenates, catenating, catenated, catenated
Base formcatenate · to catenate
3rd person singularcatenates
Present participlecatenating
Past simplecatenated
Past participlecatenated

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theycatenate
he, she, itcatenates

Past simpleLesson

all personscatenated

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave catenated
he, she, ithas catenated

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill catenate

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • arrange in a series of rings or chains, as for spores:catenulate

Word family

12 related words
RelatedcatA1catenarycatenativecatenatorconcatenateconcatenativedecatenateintercatenatednoncatenatedchaincatena
Deriveddecatenatory

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
catchyB2categoricallycategorizeB1categoryB1catercaterer
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