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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/ ˈkjʊərɪt /
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/ kjʊəˈreɪt /
verb
- tr to be in charge of (an art exhibition or museum)
Other Words From
- cu·rat·ic [ky, oo, -, rat, -ik], cu·rat·i·cal adjective
- cu·rate·ship noun
- cu·ra·tion noun
- sub·cu·rate noun
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of curate1
Origin of curate2
Example Sentences
The Post can then create audience segments, curate content for them and offer those audiences to advertisers, he said.
For his blog, Otting teams with his mom to curate each post.
He pushed past a female curate and raced towards the exit, but Father Andrew Cain got to the doorway first.
Goppion says he would help planners curate the museum to offer the best art from across the Islamic world.
And, the moderators attempt to curate the content with the same respect.
The first stage of his Imago Mundi collection has taken Benetton and his team five years to curate.
The croupier announces, intoning as does a high-church curate, "There is seven hundred and forty pounds in the bank, gentlemen."
There is also one curate who has charge of the Indian natives of this city and the slaves and freedmen living within the city.
She again applied to the curate, who told her, "You have not observed well what the bells said; listen again."
A poor curate for his Sunday dinner sent his servant to a chandler's shop, kept by one Paul, for bacon and eggs on credit.
Each day Dr. Ashton did the whole duty; his curate, Mr. Graves, was taking a holiday.
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