Definition of collated
1
: arranged, collected, or assembled in the correct order
The PrintStreamer is a 32GB spooler device that enables collated printing of large volumes and has flexible variable data printing capabilities.— Noel Jeffrey
2a
: compared critically (as against another version)
Collation is the process of reconciling these transcribed texts, finding the correspondences and variations between them. … Edition is the step during which the collated texts are reviewed for their correspondences and differences …— Tara Andrews
also
: merged or combined
All variant readings found in the collated versions of the text of the Historical Essays are accounted for … . The standard of collation … is the first published edition. — Chris R. Vanden Bossche
b
: verified and often integrated or arranged by collecting and comparing carefully
used collated data from various studies … there are no centrally collated figures on how many devices are now in use …— John Bingham
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The first known use of collated was in 1644
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