curate

[ noun kyoor-it; verb kyoor-eyt, kyoo-reyt ]

noun

1. Chiefly British. a member of the clergy employed to assist a rector or vicar.
2. any ecclesiastic entrusted with the cure of souls, as a parish priest.

verb (used with object)

, cu·rat·ed, cu·rat·ing.

1. to take charge of (a museum) or organize (an art exhibit):

   to curate a photography show.

2. 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

/ kjʊəˈreɪt /

verb

1. tr to be in charge of (an art exhibition or museum)

curate

²

/ ˈkjʊərɪt /

noun

1. a clergyman appointed to assist a parish priest
2. a clergyman who has the charge of a parish ( curate-in-charge )
3. an assistant barman

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

Origin of curate¹

First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English curat, from Anglo-French or directly from Medieval Latin cūrātus, equivalent to Latin cūr(a) “care” + -ātus -ate ¹

Word History and Origins

Origin of curate¹

C20: back formation from curator

Origin of curate²

C14: from Medieval Latin cūrātus, from cūra spiritual oversight, cure

Example Sentences

The Post can then create audience segments, curate content for them and offer those audiences to advertisers, he said.

From Digiday

For his blog, Otting teams with his mom to curate each post.

From The Daily Beast

He pushed past a female curate and raced towards the exit, but Father Andrew Cain got to the doorway first.

From The Daily Beast

Goppion says he would help planners curate the museum to offer the best art from across the Islamic world.

From The Daily Beast

And, the moderators attempt to curate the content with the same respect.

From The Daily Beast

The first stage of his Imago Mundi collection has taken Benetton and his team five years to curate.

From The Daily Beast

The croupier announces, intoning as does a high-church curate, "There is seven hundred and forty pounds in the bank, gentlemen."

From Project Gutenberg

There is also one curate who has charge of the Indian natives of this city and the slaves and freedmen living within the city.

From Project Gutenberg

She again applied to the curate, who told her, "You have not observed well what the bells said; listen again."

From Project Gutenberg

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.

From Project Gutenberg

Each day Dr. Ashton did the whole duty; his curate, Mr. Graves, was taking a holiday.

From Project Gutenberg