curation
/kjəˈɹeɪʃən/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 2.63 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The act of curating, of organizing and maintaining a collection of artworks or artifacts.
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "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."
- ""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.""
Etymology
From Middle English curacioun, curacion, from Old French curacion, from Latin cūrātiō.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: curacioun, curacion, cūrātiō