1. To assemble pages in the correct order before they are made into a document or a book.
2. To bring together pieces of information and compare them in detail in order to arrange information that has been collected into a sensible order.
3. To verify the correct sequencing and completeness of the pages in a book.
4. Etymology: from Latin collatus, conferre, "to bring together", from com-, "together" + -latus, "to bear, to carry".