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site

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/ saÉŖt /
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noun
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment: the site of our summer cabin.
the area or exact plot of ground on which anything is, has been, or is to be located: the site of ancient Troy.
Computers. website.
verb (used with object), sitĀ·ed, sitĀ·ing.
to place in or provide with a site; locate.
to put in position for operation, as artillery: to site a cannon.
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Origin of site

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English, from Middle French, from Latin situs ā€œposition, arrangement, siteā€ (presumably originally, ā€œleaving, setting downā€), equivalent to si-, variant stem of sinere ā€œto leave, allow to beā€ + -tus suffix of verbal action

OTHER WORDS FROM site

inĀ·terĀ·site, adjectivereĀ·site, verb (used with object), reĀ·sitĀ·ed, reĀ·sitĀ·ing.

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH site

cite, sight, site
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British Dictionary definitions for site

site
/ (saÉŖt) /

noun
  1. the piece of land where something was, is, or is intended to be locateda building site; archaeological site
  2. (as modifier)site office
an internet location where information relating to a specific subject or group of subjects can be accessed
verb
(tr) to locate, place, or install (something) in a specific place

Word Origin for site

C14: from Latin situs situation, from sinere to be placed
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