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to collect and combine texts or data
In more detail
1. (verb) to gather and arrange things (such as pages or documents) in proper order
2. (verb) to compare two things carefully to find differences or check accuracy
Examples
- 1. The printer collated all the pages of the report before binding them.
- 2. We need to collate the two versions of the document to see what changed.
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