Words / B2

k-uh-LAYT/kəˈleɪt/

To collate is to collect and arrange information from different sources in a useful order: collate results; collate questionnaires. Collect is gather (already in the dictionary); compile is a close twin (already elsewhere). Collate the questionnaires before you graph them. Mix-up: collide (already in the dictionary); college. Do not write collate for reading one page once.

Meaning

To collect and arrange information from different sources in a useful order.

Examples

• “Collate the questionnaires before you graph them, the methods brief said.”
• “Collate figures from three tables into one, which is the arrange-from-sources sense.”

Good to know

collate + data / results / sources. Close: compile. Trap: collide / college. Methods, exams, and research. Gather and arrange from several sources, not a single glance.

Near in meaning

compile

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