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to curate

to curate

26 4.7
To choose and arrange things like songs or articles to show people
  • verb
  • /kjʊˈreɪt/
translation icon : seleccionar
  • She plans to curate a playlist of her favorite songs for the party.
  • curated exhibition
  • curated installations
  • curate the collection

It's supposedly known for curating new ideas, objects.

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Examples

  • Dr. Laura Schiavo, exhibition curator at the City Museum, will curate the Cluss exhibition, scheduled to open in October 2005.

    Academic text (2004)
  • It's also that you're being encouraged to curate your own life in real time.

  • Every single piece I curate is bespoke.

  • I curate exhibits for museums.

  • Who better to help educators select and curate the best possible bounty of educational content available?

    Academic text (2012)
  • Five reference collections are curated by more than 30 Agricultural Research Service systematists at Beltsville, Maryland.

    Academic text (1995)
  • Another pan-Southeast Asian art exhibition, curated by Iola Lenzi, opened in March 2011.

    Academic text (2011)
  • Don't miss my latest endeavor, Studio/Practice, a curated library of tips and tools for freelancers.

    Blog text (6)
  • At the art gallery, I will curate a collection of contemporary paintings for the upcoming exhibition.

  • The librarian was tasked to curate a selection of classic literature for students.

Antonyms

8 4.0

A group of things or people spread over a wide area with no order

4 4.5

To make something lose its order or structure

How Organized

to curate
26 4.7
to arrange
162 1.7
to select
823 2.5
to gather
1.0

Surface Forms

curate infinitive
curated past
curated past participle
curating present participle
curates third person singular

Etymology

The verb curate also comes from the Latin curare, 'to take care', and is linked to the job title curator, a person who looks after a museum collection. So to curate something is to carefully choose and arrange items for others, like a curator caring for objects.