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site

[sahyt] Origin

site

[sahyt] noun, verb, sit·ed, sit·ing.
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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Site is always a great word to know.
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a complete set of coded instructions directing a computer to perform a series of operations
the design and production of publications by means of specialized software enabling a microcomputer to generate typeset-quality text and graphics

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

in·ter·site, adjective
re·site, verb (used with object), -sit·ed, -sit·ing.

cite, sight, site.


2. position, location, place.

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site (saɪt)
 
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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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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site (sīt)
n.
A place; a location. v. sit·ed, sit·ing, sites
To locate or situate at a site.

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