collate
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collate
- /kəˈleɪt/ UK
- /ˈkoʊ.leɪt/ Canada, US
- /kəˈleɪt/ Canada, US
- /kəˈlæɪt/ Australia, New Zealand
Rhymes with -eɪt
Where it comes from
From Latin collātus, perfect passive participle of conferō, see -ate (verb-forming suffix). Doublet of confer. See also infer, delate and defer (Etymology 2), relate and refer, as well as prelate and prefer among others. Not related to collateral.
verb collates · collating · collated
- To examine diverse documents and so on, to discover similarities and differences. The young attorneys were set the task of collating the contract submitted by the other side with the previous copy.
- To assemble something in a logical sequence. 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.
- To sort multiple copies of printed documents into sequences of individual page order, one sequence for each copy, especially before binding. Collating was still necessary because they had to insert foldout sheets and index tabs into the documents.
- To bestow or confer. Becauſe thoſe hereticall Biſhops being depoſed and reduced into Lay-communion, could not therefore collate baptiſme for their want of holy Orders: […]
- 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.
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verb examine diverse documents, etc.
| Español | colacionar |
|---|---|
| Português | cotejar |
| Français | collationner |
| Deutsch | abgleichen, kollationieren, vergleichen, zuordnen |
| Русский | сопоставля́ть sopostavljátʹ, сопоста́вить sopostávitʹ, сра́внивать srávnivatʹ, сравни́ть sravnítʹ, слича́ть sličátʹ, сличи́ть sličítʹ |
verb assemble something in a logical sequence
| Deutsch | ordnen, anordnen |
|---|---|
| Русский | располага́ть raspolagátʹ, расположи́ть raspoložítʹ |
Talk about this word "collate." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/collate. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. collate. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/collate "collate." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/collate.Cite this
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title = {collate},
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