noun
Meaning 1
An assistant rector or vicar.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: cleric
Standard Lemma guide
curate
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈkjʊəɹət/
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Received-Pronunciation: /-ɹɪt/
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General-American: kjo͝oʹrĭt
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General-American: /ˈkjʊɹɪt/
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rhymes with (Received Pronunciation) -ʊəɹət
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Received-Pronunciation: /kjʊəˈɹeɪt/
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General-American: kjo͝o-rātʹ
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General-American: kjo͝oʹrāt
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General-American: /kjʊˈɹeɪt/
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General-American: /ˈkjʊɹeɪt/
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CMU ARPABET: K Y UH1 R AH0 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
A parish priest.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: cleric
noun
Meaning 3
An assistant barman.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Ireland
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
An oxyanion of curium; any salt containing such an anion.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: chemistry, inorganic-chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
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verb
Meaning 5
To act as a curator for.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Examples
- She curated the traveling exhibition.
- They carefully curated the recovered artifacts.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 6
To apply selectivity and taste to, as a collection of fashion items or web pages.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly, transitive
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verb
Meaning 7
To work or act as a curator.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
Examples
- Not only does he curate for the museum, he manages the office and fund-raises.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 8
a person authorized to conduct religious worship
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- clergymen are usually called ministers in Protestant churches
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: minister of religion, minister, parson, pastor, rector
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: clergyman, reverend, man of the cloth
Narrower terms: ministrant
History
Etymology
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).
From cur(ium) + -ate.
Back-formation from curator on the basis of -ate (verb-forming suffix).
Across languages
Translations
25 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Catalan: vicari — assistant rector
- French: vicaire — assistant rector
- German: Vikar — assistant rector
- Ido: vikario — assistant rector
- Italian: vicario — assistant rector
- Portuguese: vicário — assistant rector
- Portuguese: vigário — assistant rector
- Spanish: vicario — assistant rector
- Dutch: kapelaan — parish priest
- French: curé — parish priest
- German: Pfarrer — parish priest
- Ido: paroko — parish priest
- Italian: parroco — parish priest
- Portuguese: pároco — parish priest
- Sicilian: pàracu — parish priest
- Spanish: padre — parish priest
- Spanish: cura — parish priest
- Spanish: párroco — parish priest
- Walloon: curé — parish priest
- Dutch: cureren — to act as a curator for
- Māori: rauhī — to act as a curator for
- Portuguese: selecionar — to act as a curator for
- Russian: курировать (kurirovatʹ) — to act as a curator for
- Spanish: comisariar — to act as a curator for
- Swedish: kurera — to act as a curator for
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