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collate

col·late

collate

 
pronunciation:
ko leIt
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Word Combinations (verb), Word Parts
part of speech: transitive verb
inflections: collates, collating, collated
definition: to stack the pages in the correct order.
The teacher collated her syllabus.
Word Combinations  About this feature
adverb + (v.)collate already, carefully, even, fast, medically, properly, then, today, together
(v.)collate + nounHelp analysis, answer, attempt, brain, category, comment, computer, data, document, factor, finding, frame, gathering, hand, history, information, instrument, life, material, number, office, packet, paper, photocopy, project, record, report, research, response, result, set, statement, statistics, student, study, survey, system, theory, variable, work, year [See all][See only the most frequent]
Word Parts  About this feature
The word collate contains the following parts:
col- Latin prefix that means with, together
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The prefix col- is an assimilated form of com- used before roots beginning with "l," such as "loc" and "lect." See com-.
fer, lat2, -late Latin root that means carry, bring
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See also -iferous and -fic