curate
noun
- person who is invested with the care or cure (cura) of souls of a parish
verb
- select art, food or other items for display
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /kjʊəˈɹeɪt/ / /kjʊˈɹeɪt/ / /ˈkjʊɹeɪt/
noun
Etymology: Etymology tree English cur(ium) English -ate English curate From cur(ium) + -ate.
- An oxyanion of curium; any salt containing such an anion.
verb
Etymology: Back-formation from curator on the basis of -ate (verb-forming suffix).
- To act as a curator for.
“She curated the traveling exhibition.”
“They carefully curated the recovered artifacts.”
- To apply selectivity and taste to, as a collection of fashion items or web pages.
“What I love about DVRs is that they really allow you to curate your experience of television.”
“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.”
- To work or act as a curator.
“Not only does he curate for the museum, he manages the office and fund-raises.”