collation
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- noun
- /kəˈleɪʃən/
- Specialized
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colación
- Collation of the comments and marks onto one chart by job role may show where clusters are emerging, outlining similar jobs with associated, similar, or differing problems.
Examples
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The Interactive Forest Atlas 3.0 maps forests through a collation of data on land use.
Blog text (7) -
The librarian oversees the collation of books to keep the library organized and efficient.
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The assistance of Sue McCormick in the collation of data is also gratefully acknowledged.
Academic text (1996) -
The collation of the reports ensured that all team members had the same information before the meeting.
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During the collation of documents for the project, they discovered several important updates.
Synonyms
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1.3
An act of putting items into groups by size or color
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2.4
Keeping and arranging papers so they are easy to find
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The act of gathering and putting information together into one file or book
The act of collecting information and putting it into one list or file
Arranging words or items in the order of the letters A to Z
Antonyms
How Organized
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Collation meaning the act of collecting and arranging pages comes from Latin collatio, from con- 'together' and ferre 'to carry'. So collation is about 'bringing things together' in the correct order.