Collate

  • 11collate — col|late [kəˈleıt] v [T] [Date: 1500 1600; Origin: collation] 1.) formal to gather information together, examine it carefully, and compare it with other information to find any differences collate information/results/data/figures ▪ A computer… …

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  • 12collate — [[t]kəle͟ɪt[/t]] collates, collating, collated VERB When you collate pieces of information, you gather them all together and examine them. [V n] Roberts has spent much of his working life collating the data on which the study was based... [V n]… …

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  • 13collate — verb 1) the system is used to collate information Syn: collect, gather, accumulate, assemble; combine, aggregate, put together; arrange, organize 2) we must collate these two sources Syn: compare, contrast …

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  • 14collate — UK [kəˈleɪt] / US [kəˈˌleɪt] verb [transitive] Word forms collate : present tense I/you/we/they collate he/she/it collates present participle collating past tense collated past participle collated 1) formal to arrange information that you have… …

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  • 15collate — verb /kɒˈleɪt,ˈkoʊ.leɪt/ a) To examine diverse documents et cetera 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. b) To assemble… …

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  • 16collate — verb Collate is used with these nouns as the object: ↑file, ↑information …

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  • 17collate — sudėstyti statusas T sritis informatika apibrėžtis Nurodymas, kaip sudėti spausdinamo dokumento kelių egzempliorių puslapius: į atskiras krūveles kiekvieną egzempliorių arba į atskiras krūveles tuos pačius kiekvieno egzemplioriaus puslapius.… …

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  • 18collate — 1. The grouping together of related items to provide a record of events and facilitate further processing. 2. To compare critically two or more items or documents concerning the same general subject; normally accomplished in the processing and… …

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  • 19collate — transitive verb (collated; collating) Etymology: back formation from collation Date: 1612 1. a. to compare critically b. to collect, compare carefully in order to verify, and often to integrate or …

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  • 20collate — collatable, adj. collator, n. /keuh layt , koh , ko , koh layt, kol ayt/, v.t., collated, collating. 1. 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.). 2.… …

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