Used in a Sentence

curation

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for curation.

Editorial note

So there is either a need for a simple-to-use curation utility, or an inexpensive curation service.

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Definitions4
Parts of speech1

Quick take

The act of curating, of organizing and maintaining a collection of artworks or artifacts.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of curation gathered in one view.

noun

The act of curating, of organizing and maintaining a collection of artworks or artifacts.

noun

The selective assembly and presentation of information.

noun

(databases) The manual updating of information in a database.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for curation.

noun

The act of curating, of organizing and maintaining a collection of artworks or artifacts.

noun

The selective assembly and presentation of information.

noun

(databases) The manual updating of information in a database.

noun

(archaic) The act of curing or healing.

Example sentences

1

So there is either a need for a simple-to-use curation utility, or an inexpensive curation service.

2

The houselord is merely being compensated for the value created through its curation.

3

Finally widespread awareness of sockpuppeting and other means of content curation - no matter who the perpetrator - weakens sockpuppeting as a tactic.

4

Decentralised systems tend to lose to centralised ones because there's no money locus for advertising, development or curation.

5

We did and will do a big work of curation to unite the best of the African Diaspora.

6

Well wait a second, is picking your roommates carefully the same as the curation they are talking about here?

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The thing is - once you get to a decent curation level(and all the big boys will get there - not that hard), curation level becomes subjective - and than you can convince people that your curation is better, by having better marketing.

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Basically, an overall clarification about the policies, the technologies and the coded language for reddit's stance on sockpuppeting and content curation.

9

This is precisely why every major publisher uses human curation rather than purely algorithmic.

10

At the same time, though it was still prescient- one of the main problem of our times is no longer (re)production but curation.

11

Playlist Hunt is a curation of the best new playlists for Apple Music.

12

I like viewing music video playlists on Youtube, but I prefer the content curation of Spotify.

Quote examples

1

Well, let's be clear here: their main curation requirement seems to be "Can you spend up to 48K a year in rent?".

2

But let's give you the benefit of the doubt for argument's sake, then the only crime is the douchiness of calling that "curation".

3

There has to be some kind of curation for something like this, and whether it’s a journalist (ex: TechCrunch), a community of people (PH), an editorial team (AppStore), as with all curation systems, there will always be people who feel it’s “unfair” (typically when their thing does not get selected).

Proper noun examples

1

Curation and moderation seem to be higher level problems that don't need to be specifically addressed by underlying storage/transport layers.

2

Curation cannot be avoided, as long as we are men.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use curation in a sentence?

So there is either a need for a simple-to-use curation utility, or an inexpensive curation service.

What does curation mean?

The act of curating, of organizing and maintaining a collection of artworks or artifacts.

What part of speech is curation?

curation is commonly used as noun.