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curating

curating is the present participle and gerund of curate.

Meaning of curate

Verb

curate (third-person singular simple present curates, present participle curating, simple past and past participle curated)

  1. (transitive) To act as a curator for.
    • She curated the traveling exhibition.
  2. (broadly, transitive) 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
  3. (intransitive) To work or act as a curator.
    • Not only does he curate for the museum, he manages the office and fund-raises.

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Questions about curating

What is curating the present participle and gerund of?
Curating is the present participle and gerund of curate.

Words near curating in the dictionary

  1. curatess
  2. curatesses
  3. curatial
  4. curatic
  5. curatical
  6. curating
  7. curation
  8. curational
  9. curations
  10. curative
  11. curatively

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