curate

CEFRB2

/kjʊəˈɹeɪt/

verb · noun

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    verb

    To select, organize, and present items for people to see.

  2. 02

    noun

    A clergy member assisting a priest.

Examples

  • Any more breakage and you'll never curate a blown glass exhibit in this town again!

  • The museum is known to curate eccentric pieces.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
5

Also pronounced

  • /-ɹɪt/
  • /ˈkjʊəɹət/

Deep Dive

verb

Extra meanings

  1. A parish priest.

  2. An assistant barman.

noun

Extra meaning

  1. An assistant rector or vicar.

More examples

In context

  • Not only does he curate for the museum, he manages the office and fund-raises.

  • She curated the traveling exhibition.

  • They carefully curated the recovered artifacts.

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Origin

verb

Borrowed from Medieval Latin cūrātus (“one who has been curated, a curate”), a substantivation of the perfect passive participle of cūrō. Doublet of curato and curé. Equivalent to cure + -ate (noun-forming suffix).