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COLLATE
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they collate ... he / she / it collates
Past simple: collated
Past participle: collated
-ing form: collating
Sense 1
Meaning:
Compare critically; of texts
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Hypernyms (to "collate" is one way to...):
compare (examine and note the similarities or differences of)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
collation (careful examination and comparison to note points of disagreement)
Sense 2
Meaning:
To assemble in proper sequence
Example:
collate the papers
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "collate" is one way to...):
order (bring order to or into)
"Collate" entails doing...:
collect; garner; gather; pull together (assemble or get together)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Derivation:
collation (assembling in proper numerical or logical sequence)
