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"Careful comparison"

9 letters · collected on this word page

9 lettersPronunciation /kəˈleɪʃən/Part of speech nounSorted acillnootStarts with CEnds with N1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. careful examination and comparison to note points of disagreement

Word origin

From Middle English collacioun, collation, from Old French collation, from Latin collatiō, from the participle stem of cōnferō (“to bring together”).

Used in a sentence

  • November 8, 1717, The Bishop of Rochester, letter to Alexander Pope I return you your Milton, which, upon collation, I find to be revised, and augmented, in several places
  • The collation of philosophical opinions, the study of historical facts, the acquirement of languages, were at once my recreation, and the serious aim of my life.
  • It's fantastic, as is so much of Forgiveness Rock Record, a collation of so many talents that it's practically bursting at the seams.

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