curation

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
10
Words With Friends
13
Letters
8
Pronunciation
/kjəˈɹeɪʃən/
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/kjəˈɹeɪʃən/ · /kjʊˈɹeɪʃən/

Definition of curation

4 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)The act of curating, of organizing and maintaining a collection of artworks or artifacts.
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noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)The act of curating, of organizing and maintaining a collection of artworks or artifacts.
  2. (archaic, countable, uncountable)The act of curing or healing.
  3. (countable, uncountable)The manual updating of information in a database.
    “Manual database curation involves the following steps: (1) finding articles of interest; (2) finding and extracting facts (relations, events, associations, etc.) relevant to the database focus; and (3) converting extracted information into predefined standardized form.”
  4. (countable, uncountable)The selective assembly and presentation of information.
    “"Yeah." It was him, alright; if the world's weariest pair of workboots hadn't tipped her off, his world-weary voice certainly would have. "Where were you?" "My quarters. We've got a full ticket set today, and techs work best without oversight." Neither of these things was untrue, though the curation was more than a little dishonest. "Maybe yours do." Nascimbeni rolled out, back flat against a neon orange creeper, and sat up with an audible wince. "Mine fuck the dog."”

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Etymology

From Middle English curacioun, curacion, from Old French curacion, from Latin cūrātiō.

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