Collation Meaning
/kəˈleɪʃən/Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounBringing together.
nounBringing together., The act of bringing things together and comparing them; comparison.
Sentence Examples
Data collation is a time-consuming process.
The team worked on document collation.
The secretary finished the collation of the documents before the meeting.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The librarian's careful ____ of the books took three full afternoons.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The manual ____ of these hundreds of historical documents took the librarian an entire week.
Word Origin & History
From Middle English collacioun, collation, from Old French collation, from Latin collatiō, from the participle stem of cōnferō (“to bring together”).
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"The collation of philosophical opinions, the study of historical facts, the acquirement of languages, were at once my recreation, and the serious aim of my life."
— 1826, [Mary Shelley], The Last Man. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC:
"It's fantastic, as is so much of Forgiveness Rock Record, a collation of so many talents that it's practically bursting at the seams."
— 2010 April 29, Will Dean, The Guardian:
"A certain abbot, named Moses, thus testifieth of himself in the Collations of Cassianus, that he so afflicted himself with much fasting and watching, that sometimes, for two or three days together, not only he felt no appetite to eat, but also had no remembrance of any meat at all […]"
— 1563 March 30 (Gregorian calendar), John Foxe, Actes and Monuments of These Latter and Perillous Dayes, […], London: […] Iohn Day, […], →OCLC, book I, page [55]:
"When the hymn was over the Sacrist was to strike the table for collation, and the Deacon to enter with the Gospel, preceded by three converts, carrying the candlestick and censer."
— 1843, TD Fosbroke, British Monachism, page 52:
"Her first glance was one of triumph—her next was one of mingled admiration and gratitude for Louis; and, accepting his offered hand, they led the way to the banquet prepared in the Palais Orion,—a favourite garden-house, where they often had collations when the party was but small, which was the case to-day."
— 1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XII, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume I, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 138:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The librarian's careful ____ of the books took three full afternoons.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The manual ____ of these hundreds of historical documents took the librarian an entire week.