curate
/ˈkjʊəɹət/US/ˈkjʊɹɪt/
curate noun: an assistant rector or vicar.
Noun (1)
curate (plural curates)
- An assistant rector or vicar.
- A parish priest.
- An assistant barman.
- ‘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
Verb
UK/kjʊəˈɹeɪt/US/kjʊˈɹeɪt/
curate (third-person singular simple present curates, present participle curating, simple past and past participle curated)
- 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.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 work or act as a curator.
- Not only does he curate for the museum, he manages the office and fund-raises.
Noun (2)
curate (plural curates)
curate meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
curate in Hindi
- क्यूरेट करें, क्यूरेट
curate in Tamil
- திருச்சபையின் போதகர், ஆன்ம மருத்துவர், சிற்றுர்த் துணைநிலைச் சமயகுரு, அப்பம் வைக்கும் நிலைதாங்கி
curate in Marathi
- क्युरेट करा, क्यूरेट करा
curate in Urdu
- کیوریٹ, کیوریٹ کریں
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- curate in Bengali
- গির্জার সহকারী পুরোহিত
- curate in Telugu
- క్యూరేట్, క్యూరేట్ చేయండి, క్యూరేట్ చేయడానికి
- curate in Malayalam
- വികാരിയുടെ സഹായിയായ പുരോഹിതൻ
- curate in Kannada
- ಕ್ಯೂರೇಟ್, ಕ್ಯೂರೇಟ್ ಮಾಡಿ, ಕ್ಯುರೇಟ್ ಮಾಡಿ
- curate in Punjabi
- ਕਿਊਰੇਟ, ਕਿਊਰੇਟ ਕਰੋ, ਕਿਯੂਰੇਟ ਕਰੋ
- curate in Gujarati
- ક્યુરેટ કરો, ક્યુરેટ, ક્યૂરેટ કરો
- curate in Odia
- କ୍ଯ଼ୁରେଟ୍ କରନ୍ତୁ, କ୍ଯ଼ୁରେଟ କରନ୍ତୁ
- curate in Nepali
- क्युरेट गर्नुहोस्, क्युरेट, क्यूरेट गर्नुहोस्
Examples of curate in a sentence
- 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:
- And the app for Fab, a curated shopping site, is just the place to do that.2012 June 10, “TechBits: Fab lets you shop, if not sort”, in Washington Post:
- The line between reporter and reader will blur as a growing number of people create, curate, and circulate content.2014, Astra Taylor, chapter 3, in The People's Platform: Taking Back Power and Culture in the Digital Age, Henry Holt and Company, →ISBN:
- Bennington College in Vermont invites prospective students to curate their applications.2015 April 18, David Balzer, “‘Reading lists, outfits, even salads are curated – it’s absurd’”, in The Guardian:
Forms of curate
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | curates |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | curates |
| present participle | curating |
| past participle | curated |
| past | curated |
Origin of curate
Borrowed from Medieval Latin cūrātus (“one who has been curated, a curate”), a substantivation of the perfect passive participle of cūrō. Doublet of curato. Equivalent to cure + -ate (noun-forming suffix).
Back-formation from curator on the basis of -ate (verb-forming suffix).
From cur(ium) + -ate.
Words formed from curate
Questions about curate
- What does curate mean?
- Curate means an assistant rector or vicar.
- What is curate in Hindi?
- Curate in Hindi is क्यूरेट करें, क्यूरेट. See Curate meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use curate in a sentence?
- This will bring up a page that allows you to curate what sort of Group-related activity results in e-mail alerts.
- What part of speech is curate?
- Curate can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce curate?
- Curate is pronounced /ˈkjʊəɹət/ (UK).
- What is the plural of curate?
- The plural of curate is curates.
Words near curate in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: curate (page history and authors); curate (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); curate (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); curate (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); curate (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); curate (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); curate (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); curate (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); curate (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); curate (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); curate (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); curate (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); curate (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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