plural of collation

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of collate

simple past tense and past participle of collate

present participle of collate

(transitive) To examine diverse documents and so on, to discover similarities and differences. / (transitive) To assemble something in a logical sequence.

The act of bringing things together and comparing them; comparison. / The act of collating pages or sheets of a book, or from printing etc. / A collection, a gathering.

A person who collates. / (computing) A program or algorithm that collates. / (computing, historical) A machine that selects, merges and matches decks of punch cards.

(obsolete) To partake of a collation, or light meal.

plural of collator

plural of collater