Meaning

(transitive) To examine diverse documents and so on, to discover similarities and differences..

Definitions by Sense

1. (transitive) To examine diverse documents and so on, to discover similarities and differences.
2. (transitive) To assemble something in a logical sequence.
3. (transitive) To sort multiple copies of printed documents into sequences of individual page order, one sequence for each copy, especially before binding.
4. (obsolete) To bestow or confer.
5. (transitive, Christianity) To admit a cleric to a benefice; to present and institute in a benefice, when the person presenting is both the patron and the ordinary; followed by to.

Example Sentences

The young attorneys were set the task of collating the contract submitted by the other side with the previous copy.

collate data

collate findings

collate information

collate results

I must collate it, word by word, with the original Hebrew.

Detest your own age. Build a better one. And to set that on foot read incredibly dull essays upon Marlowe to your friends. For which purpose one must collate editions in the British Museum.

"Once collated, all files are sent to an external printing business with a turnaround time of about seven days, and then most of the distribution is done in-house.

Word Forms

• collates
• collating
• collated

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Use collate when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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