collator

Meanings

• noun

  A person or machine that arranges words, numbers, or other data into a systematic order.

  - "The collator checks the data for errors before merging the files."
  - "The collator is responsible for ensuring the accuracy of the information."

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Rhymes

Words rhyming with collator
collector , selector

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Variants

List of all variants of collator that leads to same result
collate , collated , collates , collating , collator , collators

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Etymology

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From the Latin 'colligare' meaning 'to gather' or 'to collect'.

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Trivia

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1. The collator is an essential tool in various industries such as publishing, data processing, and research.

2. The first collators were human scribes who manually arranged and copied text.

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Quotes

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1. The invisible part of the work of such a writer is "collating" and organizing all the research material, which is a slow, painstaking task that many writers skip or abbreviate.

   - Nicholas LeMann,{it}New Republic{/it},2 Sept. 2002

2. "Certainly," Kidson said. " … we need to have him on our side and cooperating every step of the road after we've "collated" all the information."

   - Evelyn Anthony,{it}The Defector{/it},(1981) 1982

3. And here have I, as before observed, carefully collected, "collated" and arranged them …

   - Washington Irving,{it}A History of New York{/it},1809

4. Rare-book dealers use the word ""collating"" to mean going through a book page by page when it arrives to make certain that it is complete …

   - Calvin Trillin,{it}New Yorker{/it},30 Oct. 1989

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Culture

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The term 'collator' has no significant cultural, historical, or symbolic significance.

How to Memorize "collator"

1. visualize
   

   - Imagine a person meticulously organizing information or data.
   - Visualize a machine sorting and aligning data in a systematic manner.

2. associate
   

   - Associate the word 'collator' with 'collector' or 'selector'.
   - Think of the word 'collator' as someone who gathers and arranges data.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Use the acronym 'C O L L A T O R' to remember the meaning: Collect, Organize, and Line up All To Order Regularly.

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