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Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: collator /kɒˈleɪtə kəʊ-; ˈkɒleɪtə ˈkəʊ-/ n - a person or machine that collates texts or manuscripts
- a device for matching or checking punched cards in separate files and for merging two or more files sorted into the same ordered sequence
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024col•late /kəˈleɪt, ˈkoʊleɪt, ˈkɑleɪt/USA pronunciation v. [~ + object], -lat•ed, -lat•ing. - to arrange (pages) in their proper order:Please collate these copies and staple them.
- to compare (texts, etc.) critically:Collate our findings and see what similarities there are.
col•la•tor, n. [countable]See -lat-1. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024col•late (kə lāt′, kō-, ko-, kō′lāt, kol′āt),USA pronunciation v.t., -lat•ed, -lat•ing. - to gather or arrange in their proper sequence (the pages of a report, the sheets of a book, the pages of several sets of copies, etc.).
- Printing[Bookbinding.]to verify the arrangement of (the gathered sheets of a book), usually by inspecting the signature at the foot of the first page of each sheet or the mark printed on the back of each sheet or on the spine of each signature.
- to compare (texts, statements, etc.) in order to note points of agreement or disagreement.
- [Bibliog.]to verify the number and order of the sheets of (a volume) as a means of determining its completeness.
- Computingto merge (sequenced data from two or more data sets or files) to produce a new sequenced data set or file.
- Religion[Eccles.]to present by collation, as to a benefice.
- Latin collātus (past participle of conferre to bring together), equivalent. to col- col-1 + lā- (suppletive stem of ferre) + -tus past participle ending
- 1550–60
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