site

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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), sit·ed, sit·ing.

to place in or provide with a site; locate.

to put in position for operation, as artillery: to site a cannon.

OTHER WORDS FOR site

2 position, location, place.

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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

OTHER WORDS FROM site

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

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH site

cite, sight, site

Words nearby site

sit by, sitcom, sit-down, sit-down money, sit-down strike, site, site catchment analysis, sitella, site map, site-specific, sitfast

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How to use site in a sentence

Other finds at the site dating to the same period include 107 camel footprints and 43 elephant footprints.
Seven footprints may be the oldest evidence of humans on the Arabian Peninsula|Bruce Bower|September 17, 2020|Science News
Google said this process will begin with “a small number of sites ” in November 2020 and then slowly ramp up support for more and more sites.
GoogleBot to soon crawl over HTTP/2|Barry Schwartz|September 17, 2020|Search Engine Land
More than 20 years ago, petroleum seeped from pipes at the Mission Valley Tank Farm, a site just north of the former Chargers Stadium, which served as San Diego County’s gas hub since the early 1960s.
Pursuing Independent Water Sources, San Diego Ignores One Beneath Its Feet|MacKenzie Elmer|September 14, 2020|Voice of San Diego
So if you are trying to access this report to debug recent changes to your site, you are currently out of luck.
More Google Search bugs: Top stories indexing snag, coverage report delays|Barry Schwartz|September 14, 2020|Search Engine Land

Shoppers aren’t able to convert on their televisions, after all, so you’ll need a way to track from when they first see your CTV ad to when they convert on your site.
5 tips for adding connected TV to your holiday ad strategy|Sponsored Content: SteelHouse|September 14, 2020|Search Engine Land
So I drove around the corner to the trailhead of the logging road that led back to the crash site.
The 7-Year-Old Plane Crash Survivor’s Brutal Journey Through the Woods|James Higdon|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Instead, the man and woman in the truck wanted to know where the crash site was and whether would I show them.
The 7-Year-Old Plane Crash Survivor’s Brutal Journey Through the Woods|James Higdon|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST
The NOPD fired Knight in 1973 for stealing lumber from a construction site as an off-duty cop.
The Louisiana Racists Who Courted Steve Scalise|Jason Berry|January 3, 2015|DAILY BEAST
The escort site Cowboys4Angels peddles chiseled, hot-bodied men and their smoldering model looks to women willing to pay.
Career-Minded Women Turn to Male Escorts For No-Strings Fun and (Maybe) Sex|Aurora Snow|January 3, 2015|DAILY BEAST
But it never has been the site of equal mercy, and it never will be.
No Gods, No Cops, No Masters|James Poulos|January 1, 2015|DAILY BEAST
A marked increase indicates some pathologic condition at the site of their origin.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd
The pool was drained in 1866, and, having been filled up, its site will ere long be covered with streets of houses.
Showell's Dictionary of Birmingham|Thomas T. Harman and Walter Showell
One of the oldest houses here was destroyed some years back, and on its site stands a new police-station.
The Portsmouth Road and Its Tributaries|Charles G. Harper
Nevertheless, Gilbert had selected a site for a colony and had claimed the island for England.
Hallowed Heritage: The Life of Virginia|Dorothy M. Torpey
Situated on a pretty site, the camp consists of two lines of wooden buildings running along the shore for about a mile.
The Philippine Islands|John Foreman

British Dictionary definitions for site

site

/ (saɪt) /

noun

the piece of land where something was, is, or is intended to be locateda building site; archaeological site
(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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