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# collation

noun (plural collations)

«collation» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

A collation is a light meal, a snack set out for guests. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/collation/#m1)

### In the lessons

in stories a guest is offered a fine collation before he goes out to look around the farm.

### Examples

- After the long walk we had a light collation of bread and cheese. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/collation/#x1)
- The guests were served a collation in the garden. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/collation/#x2)
- He ate nothing at the collation because he was too excited. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/collation/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «collation» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/collation/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«collation» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/collation.html) on Mova free.