1 to collect information from different places in order to put it together, examine and compare it 核对；校勘: to collate data/information/figures 核对数据╱信息╱数字

2 to collect pieces of paper or pages from a book and arrange them in the correct order 按次序整理（纸张或书页） ➔collation noun [U]: the collation of data 资料整理