What does "curation" mean?

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

How do you pronounce "curation"?

Pronounced //kjəˈɹeɪʃən//.

Common synonyms include: assemblage, collection, collection of, community history collection, compilation, compilations.

/kjəˈɹeɪʃən/ noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Noun

1
The act of curating, of organizing and maintaining a collection of artworks or artifacts. countable, uncountable
2
The act of curing or healing. archaic, countable, uncountable
3
The manual updating of information in a database. countable, uncountable
"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
The selective assembly and presentation of information. countable, uncountable
""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.""

"Data curation is the art of pampering data in a way that doesn't look like doctoring."

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