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curate
[ noun kyoor-it; verb kyoor-eyt, kyoo-reyt ]
noun
- Chiefly British. a member of the clergy employed to assist a rector or vicar.
- any ecclesiastic entrusted with the cure of souls, as a parish priest.
verb (used with object)
- to take charge of (a museum) or organize (an art exhibit):
to curate a photography show.
- to pull together, sift through, and select for presentation, as music or website content:
“We curate our merchandise with a sharp eye for trending fashion,” the store manager explained.
curate
1/ ˈʊəɪ /
noun
- a clergyman appointed to assist a parish priest
- a clergyman who has the charge of a parish ( curate-in-charge )
- an assistant barman
curate
2/ ʊəˈɪ /
verb
- tr to be in charge of (an art exhibition or museum)
Other Word Forms
- ·· [ky, oo, -, rat, -ik], ··· adjective
- ·ٱ· noun
- ··پDz noun
- ܲ··ٱ noun
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of curate1
Origin of curate2
Example Sentences
But those are the whitewashed versions — Hollywood’s curated fantasy that sidelines the truth.
For all their branding around ease and indulgence, many dispensaries still carry the sterile energy of a hospital lobby — albeit one with a curated Spotify playlist and a plant wall.
The converted barn, with its rustic beams and carefully curated music collection, seemed perfect.
The sticker sheet is curated with enough stickers to decorate a small water bottle.
Its inhabitants are those of “there will always be an England” England: stern vicars, timid curates, lords and earls, penniless titled wastrels living on allowances from their uncles, imperious aunts, upper-crust twits.
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