Meaning & use
collate
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To collect and combine information, documents, or data in a proper order.
See it in a sentence
The assistant collated the survey responses into a single spreadsheet before the meeting.
Please collate the printed pages before stapling each report.
A note on using this word
Collate is especially common in office and academic contexts, often referring to organizing pages, documents, or data sets in sequence.
Words with a similar meaning
compilearrange
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Words with an opposite meaning
scatterdisorganize
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