noun
1.
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment: the site of our summer cabin.
2.
the area or exact plot of ground on which anything is, has been, or is to be located: the site of ancient Troy.
3.
Computers. Web site.
verb (used with object)
4.
to place in or provide with a site; locate.
5.
to put in position for operation, as artillery: to site a cannon.
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Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English < Latin situs position, arrangement, site (presumably orig. “leaving, setting down”), equivalent to si-, variant stem of sinere to leave, allow to be + -tus suffix of v. action
1350–1400; Middle English < Latin situs position, arrangement, site (presumably orig. “leaving, setting down”), equivalent to si-, variant stem of sinere to leave, allow to be + -tus suffix of v. action
Related forms
in·ter·site, adjective
re·site, verb (used with object), re·sit·ed, re·sit·ing.
Synonyms
2. position, location, place.
2. position, location, place.
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| —n | |
| 1. | a. the piece of land where something was, is, or is intended to be located: a building site; archaeological site |
| b. (as modifier): site office | |
| 2. | an internet location where information relating to a specific subject or group of subjects can be accessed |
| —vb | |
| 3. | (tr) to locate, place, or install (something) in a specific place |
| [C14: from Latin situs situation, from sinere to be placed] | |
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Word Origin & History
site
"place or position occupied by something," c.1391, from Anglo-Fr. site, from L. situs "place, position," from si-, root of sinere "let, leave alone, permit."
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Medical Dictionary
site (sīt)
n.
A place; a location. v. sit·ed, sit·ing, sites
To locate or situate at a site.
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The site was walking distance from my downtown hotel.
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