collate

C2+ Topic:Actions & Processes

US /kəˈleɪt/ UK /kəˈleɪt/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

verb
to collect and arrange items in proper order, especially for comparison

The clerk paused to collate the pages before binding the report.

Verb forms

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Synonyms

1 verb · to collect and arrange... compare arrange assemble compile organize gather sort order

Opposites

scatter disorder

Word family

Derived forms collationcollatorcollated

Related forms relate translate oblate

Etymology

From Latin collātus, past participle of conferre 'to bring together', from com- 'together' + lātus 'borne, brought' (a suppletive participle of ferre 'to carry').

collātus Latin ferre Middle English

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Actions & Processes Word Formation & Derivatives

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# collate

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** verb
**IPA (US):** /kəˈleɪt/
**IPA (UK):** /kəˈleɪt/

## Meanings
1. to collect and arrange items in proper order, especially for comparison

## Examples
- The clerk paused to collate the pages before binding the report.

## Synonyms
- compare
- arrange
- assemble
- compile
- organize
- gather
- sort
- order

## Antonyms
- scatter
- disorder

## Derived Forms
- collation
- collator
- collated

## Related Forms
- relate
- translate
- oblate

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: collātus
- Root: ferre

## Etymology
From Latin collātus, past participle of conferre 'to bring together', from com- 'together' + lātus 'borne, brought' (a suppletive participle of ferre 'to carry').

## AI Etymology
Collate comes from Latin collātus, past participle of conferre 'to bring together', from com- 'together' + lātus 'borne, brought' (a suppletive participle of ferre 'to carry'). The historical trail runs through collātus in Latin and ferre in Latin. Morphologically, collate is transparent: it draws on Latin collātus, past participle of conferre 'to bring together', from com- 'together' + lātus 'borne, brought' (a suppletive participle of ferre 'to carry'). Used as a verb, collate now means "collect and arrange items in proper order, especially for comparison", so the present definition can be read against the older forms and meanings. The same lexical family is also visible in derived forms such as collation, collator, and collated and related forms such as relate, translate, and oblate. The result is a borrowed or transmitted form whose modern spelling carries a compact record of its route into English.

## Topics
- Actions & Processes
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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