"curation" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /kjəˈɹeɪʃən/, /kjʊˈɹeɪʃən/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-curation.wav Forms: curations [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪʃən Etymology: From Middle English curacioun, curacion, from Old French curacion, from Latin cūrātiō. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|curacioun}} Middle English curacioun, {{der|en|fro|curacion}} Old French curacion, {{der|en|la|cūrātiō}} Latin cūrātiō Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} curation (countable and uncountable, plural curations)
  1. The act of curating, of organizing and maintaining a collection of artworks or artifacts. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-curation-en-noun-KPdTLVF3 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 4 36 10 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 60 10 26 5
  2. (archaic) The act of curing or healing. Tags: archaic, countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-curation-en-noun--mPyaCVr
  3. (databases) The manual updating of information in a database. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Databases
    Sense id: en-curation-en-noun-kCYv3-dT Topics: computing, databases, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
  4. The selective assembly and presentation of information. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-curation-en-noun-9dvkEtnZ
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: curational Related terms: curator

Inflected forms

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