site

[sahyt]

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.

   Synonyms: place, location, position

3. Computers.,  website.

verb (used with object)

sited, siting 

1. to place in or provide with a site; locate.

2. to put in position for operation, as artillery.

   to site a cannon.

site

/ saɪt /

noun

1. 1. the piece of land where something was, is, or is intended to be located

      a building site

      archaeological site

   2. ( as modifier )

      site office

2. an internet location where information relating to a specific subject or group of subjects can be accessed

verb

1. (tr) to locate, place, or install (something) in a specific place

Other Word Forms

• intersite adjective
• resite verb (used with object)

Word History and Origins

Origin of site¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of site¹

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

Example Sentences

With these proposed changes, the site’s teaching artists were laid off, the younger students’ programming was gutted and practices for the older students were reduced.

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When connecting to a site like Salon without a VPN, the traffic flows from your device to your ISP, and then to Salon’s site.

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A £1.5m report known as Project Willow has come up with nine low carbon ideas that could be developed at the site - but they are dependent on private sector investment.

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To begin my search — and the first step in this two-part experiment — I went to Medicare’s comparison site and clicked “Find plans now.”

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That knowledge has led to strategies—which GLP-1 patients have been discussing in internet chat rooms and on social-media sites—to skip or delay doses to maximize appetites for the feast.

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Related Words

• ground 
• home 
• location 
• scene 
• section 
• spot 
• station