curated

[kyoor-ey-tid]

adjective

1. (of a museum, gallery, or similar collection) provided with expert oversight and direction by a professional curator.

   Richards focused on the use of light to bring to life the internal gallery spaces and their curated exhibits for the visitor.

2. carefully gathered, sifted, chosen, and organized.

   The store carries cookware and appliances as well as a superbly curated selection of furniture, lamps, rugs, and other decor.

verb

1. the simple past tense and past participle of curate.

Other Word Forms

• uncurated adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of curated¹

curate ( def. ) + -ed ² ( def. )

Example Sentences

“Yoko Ono: Music of the Mind” is curated mostly chronologically and within that, organised around major projects.

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The map was created by and is curated by Mike Asner, the mastermind behind a similar website that documents the locations of hundreds of Kobe and Gianna Bryant murals around the world.

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Putting the uncollected poems in chronological order between each published volume allows us to see how deliberately Heaney curated his books.

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Orchards, wildernesses and bowers abound in her fiction, where her heroines contemplate curated views or scamper across fields and over stiles.

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