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- Dictionarycollation/kəˈleɪʃn/
noun
- 1. the action of collating something: "data management and collation"
- 2. a light informal meal: formal "lunch was a collation of salami, olives, and rye bread"
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COLLATION definition: 1. a meal, especially one left ready for people to serve themselves 2. the act or an example of…. Learn more.
: a light meal allowed on fast days in place of lunch or supper. b. : a light meal. 2. [Middle English, from Latin collation-, collatio] : the act, process, or result of collating. Examples of collation in a Sentence. Recent Examples on the Web So data analysis and data collation are easy on the go.
1. the act of collating; fact or result of being collated. 2. the verification of the number and order of the leaves and signatures of a volume. 3. a light meal, esp. one that may be permitted on a fast day. 4. (in a monastery) the practice of reading and conversing on the lives of the saints or the Scriptures at the close of the day.
noun. 1. the act, process, or result of collating. 2. a conference or gathering, as of monks at the close of the day to listen to a reading from a religious book and to discuss it. 3. a light meal: originally such a meal was served in a monastery during the collation (sense 2) 4. Library Science.
noun. the act of collating. Bibliography. the verification of the number and order of the leaves and signatures of a volume. a light meal that may be permitted on days of general fast. any light meal. (in a monastery) the practice of reading and conversing on the lives of the saints or the Scriptures at the close of the day.
COLLATE definition: 1. to bring together different pieces of written information so that the similarities and…. Learn more.
COLLATION meaning: 1. a meal, especially one left ready for people to serve themselves 2. the act or an example of…. Learn more.
Definition of collation noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
A collation is the collection and ordering of materials, usually paper. It can be tedious and repetitive work, so most people are more than happy to let a copy machine do the job for them. Collation actually has two separate and very different meanings.
A conference or gathering, as of monks at the close of the day to listen to a reading from a religious book and to discuss it. A light meal: originally such a meal was served in a monastery during the collation. The physical description of a book, including the trim size, number of pages and illustrations, etc.
