collating

/kษ’หˆleษชtษชล‹/

IPA: /K AH0 L EY1 T IH0 NG/

verb
  1. 1

    To examine diverse documents and so on, to discover similarities and differences.

    โ€œThe young attorneys were set the task of collating the contract submitted by the other side with the previous copy.โ€

  2. 2

    To assemble something in a logical sequence.

  3. 3

    To sort multiple copies of printed documents into sequences of individual page order, one sequence for each copy, especially before binding.

    โ€œCollating was still necessary because they had to insert foldout sheets and index tabs into the documents.โ€

  4. 4

    To bestow or confer.

  5. 5

    To admit a cleric to a benefice; to present and institute in a benefice, when the person presenting is both the patron and the ordinary; followed by to.

Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/collate, https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/collating