A computer system is used to collate information from across Britain.collatecol‧late /kəˈleɪt/ verb [transitive] 
A computer system is used to collate information from across Britain.2to arrange sheets of paper in the correct order SYN sort—collation /kəˈleɪʃən/ noun [uncountable]
WORD ORIGINcollate
Origin:
1500-1600 collationVERB TABLE
collate
| Simple Form | ||
| Present | I, you, we, they | collate |
| he, she, it | collates | |
| Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | collated |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have collated |
| he, she, it | has collated | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had collated |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will collate |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have collated |
| Continuous Form | ||
| Present | I | am collating |
| he, she, it | is collating | |
| you, we, they | are collating | |
| Past | I, he, she, it | was collating |
| you, we, they | were collating | |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been collating |
| he, she, it | has been collating | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been collating |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be collating |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been collating |
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- Please collate and staple ten copies of the report for the meeting.
- Also, supplied with the information system are guides to collating local information and to reordering waiting-room leaflets.
- The information system used to collate these statistics is presumably extensive and costly.
- The two Kirkwall solicitors worked day and night to gather and collate these statements.
- There was, however, abundant evidence of policy in action and the first tasks was to collate what was currently happening.
- They regard a last-minute request to spend the weekend collating figures in Darlington as proof positive of their triumph against chauvinism.
- With the help of her midwifery manager, she raised funds from the hospital to print and collate the material.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY A computer system is used to collate information from across Britain.COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN
1formal to gather information together, examine it carefully, and compare it with other information to find any differencescollate information/results/data/figures A computer system is used to collate information from across Britain.· Also, supplied with the information system are guides to collating local information and to reordering waiting-room leaflets.· They collate information about their opponent.· The police Holmes computor system, set up for major crime investigations, is being used to collate information from across Britain.· Environmental audit General property audit - collates information on a building or property portfolio in order to establish a long-term strategic plan.· Secondly, having collated this information, they must find a way of translating it into actual literature.· Local councils will then have to collate the information and send out bills with details of the valuations put on houses.· Some LEAs have long collated information obtained from schools in such a way that the results might be described as performance indicators.
· Mark Shingler and Andrew Whiston, of the Barlaston computer department, are analysing data from the questionnaire and collating the results.
A computer system is used to collate information from across Britain.2to arrange sheets of paper in the correct order SYN sort—collation /kəˈleɪʃən/ noun [uncountable]