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The correct spelling is collates.
How to pronounce collates
verb
Say it like: Col-lat-es
The correct spelling is collates. To examine diverse documents and so on, to discover similarities and differences. For example: "The young attorneys were set the task of collating the contract submitted by the other side with the previous copy."
Usage Examples
“The young attorneys were set the task of collating the contract submitted by the other side with the previous copy.”
“Collating was still necessary because they had to insert foldout sheets and index tabs into the documents.”
Definition
verb
- 1.To examine diverse documents and so on, to discover similarities and differences.
- 2.To assemble something in a logical sequence.
- 3.To sort multiple copies of printed documents into sequences of individual page order, one sequence for each copy, especially before binding.
- 4.To bestow or confer.
- 5.To admit a cleric to a benefice; to present and institute in a benefice, when the person presenting is both the patron and the ordinary; followed by to.
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