"collate" meaning in English

See collate in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /kɒˈleɪt/ [UK], /ˈkoʊ.leɪt/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-collate.wav Forms: collates [present, singular, third-person], collating [participle, present], collated [participle, past], collated [past]
Rhymes: -eɪt Etymology: 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. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*telh₂- (bear)}}, {{der|en|la|collātus}} Latin collātus, {{glossary|perfect}} perfect, {{glossary|passive}} passive, {{glossary|participle}} participle, {{doublet|en|confer}} Doublet of confer Head templates: {{en-verb}} collate (third-person singular simple present collates, present participle collating, simple past and past participle collated)
  1. (transitive) To examine diverse documents and so on, to discover similarities and differences. Tags: transitive Translations (examine diverse documents, etc.): сравня́вам (sravnjávam) (Bulgarian), съпоставям (sǎpostavjam) (Bulgarian), sorteren (Dutch), ordizi (Esperanto), vertailla (Finnish), järjestää (Finnish), collationner (French), abgleichen (German), kollationieren (German), vergleichen (German), zuordnen (German), ordnen (German), anordnen (German), sortieren (German), leválogat (Hungarian), comhthiomsaigh (Irish), cuir i dtoll a chéile (Irish), tabhair le chéile (Irish), cuir in ord (Irish), 함께 합치다 (hamkke hapchida) (Korean), whakahiato (Maori), sammenligne (Norwegian), cotejar (Portuguese), сопоставля́ть (sopostavljátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), сопоста́вить (sopostávitʹ) [perfective] (Russian), сра́внивать (srávnivatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), сравни́ть (sravnítʹ) (english: compare) [perfective] (Russian), слича́ть (sličátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), сличи́ть (sličítʹ) (english: compare) [perfective] (Russian), располага́ть (raspolagátʹ) (Russian), расположи́ть (raspoložítʹ) (alt: в ну́жном поря́дке) (Russian), cotejar (Spanish), ordenar (Spanish), kollationera (Swedish), karşılaştırarak okumak (Turkish), dizmek (Turkish), düzenlemek (Turkish), harmanlamak (Turkish), sıraya koymak (Turkish)
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  2. (transitive) To assemble something in a logical sequence. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-collate-en-verb--o~~mPIA
  3. (transitive) To sort multiple copies of printed documents into sequences of individual page order, one sequence for each copy, especially before binding. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-collate-en-verb-TusE-boR Categories (other): Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Turkish translations Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 39 7 12 10 32 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 39 7 12 10 32 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 39 7 12 10 32 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 39 7 12 10 32 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 39 7 11 9 32 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 39 7 11 9 32
  4. (obsolete) To bestow or confer. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-collate-en-verb-8PBItNEi Categories (other): Terms with German translations Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 41 6 8 11 34
  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. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Christianity Translations (admit a cleric to a benefice): col·lar (Catalan), beroepen (Dutch), asettaa kirkonmies virkaan (Finnish), ceap (Irish)
    Sense id: en-collate-en-verb-PQaGcWHr Categories (other): Entries with translation boxes, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Turkish translations Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 40 5 7 8 40 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 39 7 12 10 32 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 41 6 8 11 34 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 28 13 17 7 35 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 39 7 12 10 32 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 39 7 12 10 32 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 39 7 12 10 32 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 31 5 11 12 41 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 39 7 11 9 32 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 39 7 11 9 32 Topics: Christianity Disambiguation of 'admit a cleric to a benefice': 2 1 1 4 92
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: collatable, collatee, collater, miscollate, recollate, uncollated Related terms: collation, collator, decollate, decollation, decollator, recollate, recollation

Inflected forms

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          "text": "I must collate it, word by word, with the original Hebrew.",
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        "(transitive) To examine diverse documents and so on, to discover similarities and differences."
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          "roman": "sravnjávam",
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          "word": "vertailla"
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          "sense": "examine diverse documents, etc.",
          "word": "collationner"
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          "code": "de",
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          "sense": "examine diverse documents, etc.",
          "word": "abgleichen"
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          "word": "kollationieren"
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          "sense": "examine diverse documents, etc.",
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          "code": "de",
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          "sense": "examine diverse documents, etc.",
          "word": "zuordnen"
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          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "examine diverse documents, etc.",
          "word": "sammenligne"
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          "sense": "examine diverse documents, etc.",
          "word": "cotejar"
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          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "sopostavljátʹ",
          "sense": "examine diverse documents, etc.",
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          "word": "сопоставля́ть"
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          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "sopostávitʹ",
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          "word": "сопоста́вить"
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          "word": "ordnen"
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          "code": "de",
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          "sense": "examine diverse documents, etc.",
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          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
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          "word": "comhthiomsaigh"
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          "lang": "Irish",
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          "word": "cuir i dtoll a chéile"
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          "sense": "examine diverse documents, etc.",
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          "word": "располага́ть"
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          "alt": "в ну́жном поря́дке",
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          "roman": "raspoložítʹ",
          "sense": "examine diverse documents, etc.",
          "word": "расположи́ть"
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          "word": "düzenlemek"
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          "sense": "examine diverse documents, etc.",
          "word": "sıraya koymak"
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          "code": "de",
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          "sense": "examine diverse documents, etc.",
          "word": "sortieren"
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "examine diverse documents, etc.",
          "word": "leválogat"
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          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "examine diverse documents, etc.",
          "word": "cuir in ord"
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          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "hamkke hapchida",
          "sense": "examine diverse documents, etc.",
          "word": "함께 합치다"
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          "sense": "examine diverse documents, etc.",
          "word": "ordenar"
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          "ref": "1922, Virginia Woolf, Jacob’s Room, paperback edition, Vintage Classics, page 101:",
          "text": "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.",
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        {
          "ref": "2021 September 22, John Potter tells Paul Stephen, “Your guide to Europe”, in RAIL, number 940, page 65:",
          "text": "\"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.",
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      "roman": "raspoložítʹ",
      "sense": "examine diverse documents, etc.",
      "word": "расположи́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "examine diverse documents, etc.",
      "word": "dizmek"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "examine diverse documents, etc.",
      "word": "düzenlemek"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "examine diverse documents, etc.",
      "word": "harmanlamak"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "examine diverse documents, etc.",
      "word": "sıraya koymak"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "examine diverse documents, etc.",
      "word": "sorteren"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "examine diverse documents, etc.",
      "word": "järjestää"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "examine diverse documents, etc.",
      "word": "sortieren"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "examine diverse documents, etc.",
      "word": "leválogat"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "examine diverse documents, etc.",
      "word": "cuir in ord"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "hamkke hapchida",
      "sense": "examine diverse documents, etc.",
      "word": "함께 합치다"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "examine diverse documents, etc.",
      "word": "ordenar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "admit a cleric to a benefice",
      "word": "col·lar"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "admit a cleric to a benefice",
      "word": "beroepen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "admit a cleric to a benefice",
      "word": "asettaa kirkonmies virkaan"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "admit a cleric to a benefice",
      "word": "ceap"
    }
  ],
  "word": "collate"
}

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