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site
[sahyt] 
noun, verb, sit⋅ed, sit⋅ing.–noun
| 1. | the position or location of a town, building, etc., esp. 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. |
Origin:
1350–1400; ME < L situs position, arrangement, site (presumably orig. “leaving, setting down”), equiv. to si-, var. s. of sinere to leave, allow to be + -tus suffix of v. action
1350–1400; ME < L situs position, arrangement, site (presumably orig. “leaving, setting down”), equiv. to si-, var. s. of sinere to leave, allow to be + -tus suffix of v. action
Synonyms:
2. position, location, place.
2. position, location, place.
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| site (sīt) n.
To situate or locate on a site: sited the power plant by the river. [Middle English, from Old French, from Latin situs; see situs.] |
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Site
Site\, n. [L. situs, fr. sinere, situm, to let, p. p. situs placed, lying, situate: cf. F. site. Cf. Position.]1. The place where anything is fixed; situation; local position; as, the site of a city or of a house. --Chaucer. 2. A place fitted or chosen for any certain permanent use or occupation; as, a site for a church. 3. The posture or position of a thing. [R.] The semblance of a lover fixed In melancholy site. --Thomson.
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Language Translation for : site
Spanish:
sitio, lugar,
German:
der Platz,
Japanese:
敷地
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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Main Entry: site
Pronunciation: 'sIt
Function: noun
: the place, scene, or point of something <site of inflammation>
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site (sīt)
n.
A place; a location. v. sit·ed, sit·ing, sites
To locate or situate at a site.
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