collation
collation is a 9-letter English word with 14 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The act of collating or comparing; a comparison of one copy er thing (as of a book, or manuscript) with another of a like kind; comparison, in general. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- transitive verb. The act of collating or comparing; a comparison of one copy er thing (as of a book, or manuscript) with another of a like kind; comparison, in general.
- transitive verb. The gathering and examination of sheets preparatory to binding.
- transitive verb. The act of conferring or bestowing.
- transitive verb. A conference.
- transitive verb. The presentation of a clergyman to a benefice by a bishop, who has it in his own gift.
- transitive verb. The act of comparing the copy of any paper with its original to ascertain its conformity.
- transitive verb. The report of the act made by the proper officers.
- transitive verb. The right which an heir has of throwing the whole heritable and movable estates of the deceased into one mass, and sharing it equally with others who are of the same degree of kindred.
- transitive verb. A collection of the Lives of the Fathers or other devout work read daily in monasteries.
- transitive verb. A light repast or luncheon; as, a cold collation; -- first applied to the refreshment on fast days that accompanied the reading of the collation in monasteries.
- intransitive verb. To partake of a collation.
- noun. careful examination and comparison to note points of disagreement
- noun. assembling in proper numerical or logical sequence
- noun. a light informal meal
Synonyms
Common word forms
collations, collational, collationer
Words from these letters
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