Collate

Quick meaning: Collate is a verb meaning (transitive) To examine diverse documents and so on, to discover similarities and differences.

Meaning

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

More Meanings

1. (transitive) To assemble something in a logical sequence.
2. (transitive) To sort multiple copies of printed documents into sequences of individual page order, one sequence for each copy, especially before binding.
3. (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.
4. (obsolete) To bestow or confer.

Example Sentences

collate data

collate results

collate findings

collate information

Word Forms

• collates
• collating
• collated

Synonyms for collate

Depending on context, synonyms include collect.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include collect, compilation, organize, systematize, compile, assemble.

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