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to collate

to collate

12 5.8
To gather and arrange pages or papers in the correct order
  • verb
  • /kəˈleɪt/
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  • After gathering all the reports, I will collate them into a single document for review.
  • collate data
  • collate and analyze
  • collect and collate

What I think is you should be able to answer questions that are almost not public, but that the system collates the data.

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Examples

  • Once collected, data or samples must be collated for later analysis.

    Academic text (2007)

  • I'm collating the KA update sheets for tomorrow.

    The Black Dahlia (2006)

  • You bring them together in a meeting, you collate the results and now you have a list.

  • - Would you just collate these?

    Fletch (1985)

  • Are you collating his material?

    Fiend Without a Face (1958)

  • Even with computer reporting, few government agencies have the capacity to collect, collate, and analyze the necessary data.

    Academic text (1993)

  • Collate the data, send it back stateside for review.

    Monsters of Man (2020)

  • Each local team wrote a final report, which NFER then collated to produce an overall analysis.

    Academic text (2010)

  • The two were up later than usual, collating and arranging the information in files.

    Fiction book (1995)

  • Following data extraction, the study results were collated and summarized.

    Academic text (2017)

Synonyms

to order
vsto collate
201 1.0

To put things in a neat sequence

gathers items first then puts them into the correct sequence
to arrange
vsto collate
162 1.7

To put things or information in a clear, neat order

gathers items and focuses on correct sequence rather than appearance
to compile
vsto collate
134 4.1

To collect and arrange information and materials into a list or book

adds the emphasis on putting gathered items into the correct sequence
to sort out
vsto collate
37 2.8

To put things into groups and into the right order

focuses on making groups rather than collecting items into a precise sequence
to alphabetize
vsto collate
  • US
14 3.2

Arrange words or items in the order of the alphabet

uses letter-based sequencing rather than collecting and ordering items generally
to ordinate
vsto collate
8.2

To put things in order so they are easy to find

collects items before placing them in the right sequence
to collocate
vsto collate
7.4

To put things next to each other in a certain order

collects items and forms the full correct sequence rather than just placing them together

Antonyms

to scatter
110 2.7

To make people or animals move quickly in different directions

to disarrange
1 6.4

To make something messy or not in the right order

How Organized

to systematize
  • US
3 6.7
to organize
  • US
662 1.6
to collate
12 5.8
to assemble
169 2.9
to gather
∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

collate infinitive
collated past
collated past participle
collating present participle
collates third person singular

Etymology

Collate comes from the Latin collatus, which means 'brought together'. It is like collect — to collate pages is to bring them together and put them in the right order.