Added 9 October 2026
collation
/kəˈleɪʃən/ noun
Latin root: collatiō Wiktionary
noun Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about collation at Wordnik → Where our words come from →
- Bringing together. The act of bringing things together and comparing them; comparison. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller} The act of collating pages or sheets of a book, or from printing etc. A collection, a gathering.
- The act of bringing things together and comparing them; comparison. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
- The act of collating pages or sheets of a book, or from printing etc.
verb
Origin
From Middle English collacioun, collation, from Old French collation, from Latin collatiō, from the participle stem of cōnferō (“to bring together”).
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