CURIOSITY


Meaning of CURIOSITY in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ kjʊəriɒsɪti ]

( curiosities)

1.

Curiosity is a desire to know about something.

Ryle accepted more out of curiosity than anything else...

To satisfy our own curiosity we traveled to Baltimore.

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2.

A curiosity is something that is unusual, interesting, and fairly rare.

There is much to see in the way of castles, curiosities, and museums...

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