Curate Meaning
/ˈkjʊəɹət/Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounAn assistant rector or vicar.
nounA parish priest.
Sentence 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.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The museum hired an expert to ____ the new collection of ancient artifacts.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
Any more breakage and you'll never ____ a blown glass exhibit in this town again!
Word Origin & History
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).
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"‘Here, Pat, give us a g.p., like a good fellow.’ The curate brought him a glass of plain porter. The man drank it at a gulp and asked for a caraway seed. He put his penny on the counter and, leaving the curate to grope for it in the gloom, retreated out of the snug as furtively as he had entered it."
— 1904–1907 (date written), James Joyce, “Counterparts”, in Dubliners, London: Grant Richards, published June 1914, →OCLC, page 107:
"What I love about DVRs is that they really allow you to curate your experience of television."
— 2007 May 16, “TV Networks Woo Advertisers with Fall Line-Up”, in NPR_TalkNation:
"During the past five years I had the good fortune to be editor of Poetry Northwest. The magazine's mission includes curating a dialogue between poetry, the other arts, and civic life."
— 2010 May, David Biespiel, “This Land Is Our Land”, in Poetry, volume 196, number 2, pages 151–158:
"To grasp how this all works, think of the concepts of editing and curating, adopted from publishing and art but now used constantly in the fashion world to imply judgment, taste and discernment."
— 2010 November 28, Laura Compton, “Shopping sites redefine fashion”, in San Francisco Chronicle, Style, page G1:
"From there, click the Notifications tab and scroll down to Groups. This will bring up a page that allows you to curate what sort of Group-related activity results in e-mail alerts."
— 2011 February, Seth Porges, “Digital Clinic”, in Popular Mechanics, volume 188, number 2, page 105:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The museum hired an expert to ____ the new collection of ancient artifacts.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
Any more breakage and you'll never ____ a blown glass exhibit in this town again!