collation

CEFRB2

/kəˈleɪʃən/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    The act of collecting and checking information or documents.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    Bringing together., A collection, a gathering.

Examples

  • The secretary finished the collation of the documents before the meeting.

  • Data collation is a time-consuming process.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
1

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. Bringing together., The act of collating pages or sheets of a book, or from printing etc.

  2. Bringing together.

  3. The act of bringing things together and comparing them; comparison.

More examples

In context

  • The team worked on document collation.

  • November 8, 1717, The Bishop of Rochester, letter to Alexander Pope I return you your Milton, which, upon collation, I find to be revised, and augmented, in several places

  • 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.

Synonyms

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The librarian's careful blank of the books took three full afternoons.

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Origin

noun

From Middle English collacioun, collation, from Old French collation, from Latin collatiō, from the participle stem of cōnferō (“to bring together”).