- 1collate something to collect information together from different sources in order to examine and compare it to collate data/information/figures
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- 2collate something to collect pieces of paper or the pages of a book, etc. and arrange them in the correct order
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verbNAmE//kəˈleɪt//, NAmE//ˈkoʊleɪt//, NAmE//ˈkɑleɪt//
Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they collate he / she / it collates
past simple collated
-ing form collating
NAmE//kəˈleɪʃn//
noun [uncountable] the collation of informationSee collate in the Oxford Advanced Learner's DictionaryCheck pronunciation: collate