site
Americannoun
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sites
plural
verb (used with object)
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sites,
present (3rd person singular)
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sited,
past participle, past
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siting
present participle
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to place in or provide with a site; locate.
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to put in position for operation, as artillery.
to site a cannon.
noun
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the piece of land where something was, is, or is intended to be located
a building site
archaeological site
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( as modifier )
site office
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an internet location where information relating to a specific subject or group of subjects can be accessed
verb
Other Word Forms
Derived Forms
Inflected Forms
Nouns
Participles
Conjugated Forms
Present
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sitesimple
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sitessimple
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have sitedperfect
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has sitedperfect
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am sitingprogressive
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are sitingprogressive
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is sitingprogressive
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have been sitingperfect progressive
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has been sitingperfect progressive
Past
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sitedsimple
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had sitedperfect
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was sitingprogressive
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were sitingprogressive
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had been sitingperfect progressive
Future
Etymology
Origin of site
First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English, from Middle French, from Latin situs “position, arrangement, site” (presumably originally, “leaving, setting down”), equivalent to si-, variant stem of sinere “to leave, allow to be” + -tus suffix of verbal action
Explanation
A site is a location. The leader of a Zombie Army might remind his underlings: “Your web site is just a collection of pages at one address on the Web. Your burial site is where you find more soldiers!” Site can also refer to a specific parcel of land, such as a building site or a burial site. Although a website has no physical location, it does have a virtual one, which is reached the same way a physical location is: by going to an address.
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On Sept. 1, tech news site The Information published a story that claimed OpenAI’s latest model, Astra, employed a new technique that made it more powerful, but revealed less of its thinking.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026
A multi-storey building collapsed mid-construction in the Kenyan capital on Friday, the Red Cross said, with reports from local media of casualties and looting at the site.
From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2026
The findings, published in Communications Earth & Environment, revealed a substantial region containing a high proportion of magma directly beneath the site of Kikai's massive eruption 7,300 years ago.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 23, 2026
Now they’re on opposite sides of a court fight that has spilled onto the Nov. 3 ballot and threatens further development on the nearly 300-acre site.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026
Then I visit the site that tells you about California prisoners, my hands hovering over the keyboard.
From "The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman" by Gennifer Choldenko
Telecom stocks are tumbling on news that SpaceX is aiming to secure 80,000 cell sites across the US, raising the specter of fierce competition between the industry’s big three and Starlink Mobile.
From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2026
The Bloomberg article suggested SpaceX was looking to lease or acquire 80,000 cell sites across the U.S.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 23, 2026
"The biggest challenge has been juggling clients who want their sites taken offline as a precaution, while trying to coordinate updates and fixes across countless different setups," he said.
From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026
But a number of sites appeared to have been taken offline on Thursday, as operators rushed to check if PHP might be running within their systems or if any patches were required.
From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026
They had job sites all over the city, and any number of things could happen in their absence.
From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers
Yet roughly 70% of Americans say they oppose data centers being sited near them.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026
That may already be on the way, via a newly introduced council amendment that would allow bigger data centers to be sited in rural and agricultural areas instead of residential corners—a move the organizers oppose.
From Slate ● Aug. 6, 2026
He said the biggest factor that will determine when the next Garden Grove happens is not individual actions, but how industry and regulators approach the safety of these facilities, including where they should be sited.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 27, 2026
There are no small reactors yet in the U.S., but dozens of companies are trying to get them approved and sited.
From Barron's ● Feb. 9, 2026
Every one of them was attractive, thoughtfully sited, and had a good water source, picnic table, and privy.
From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson
But Netanyahu expressed his appreciation for siting the embassy in the city, "our ancient capital".
From BBC ● Jun. 16, 2026
Now, as we intended when siting the center in Jackson Park, many more will visit the South Side.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 17, 2026
Dave Belote, another former director of the Defense Department’s energy siting agency, also questioned the administration’s claims in a statement Monday.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 22, 2025
“I have clients siting on the edge of their seat, waiting to find out if it was their jewelry that was recovered,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2025
And do forgive me for siting up at nights.
From To-morrow? by Victoria Cross
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