site
[sahyt]
- 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.
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- 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
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
Synonyms
See more synonyms for site on Thesaurus.com2. position, location, place.
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Examples from the Web for site
Contemporary Examples
But it never has been the site of equal mercy, and it never will be.
Two years ago, a Party apparatchik surveyed the site of a fatal traffic accident… with a smile on his face.
Next to the house is the site where Ziad began building a home for his family before his capture.
The site found that young black males are far more likely to be shot by cops than young white males.
“You are part of something older than yourselves,” is what the site says.
Historical Examples
No doubt the site of this early structure has long ago been submerged.
Yorkshire Painted And DescribedGordon Home
The site for his house had been selected and the cellar was being excavated.
Her Father's DaughterGene Stratton-Porter
It stands upon a site which has been consecrated to the service of God for many centuries.
English VillagesP. H. Ditchfield
On the site of British earthworks the Romans established their camps.
English VillagesP. H. Ditchfield
Some have been pulled down entirely, and the site used for gaols or barracks.
English VillagesP. H. Ditchfield
site
- 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
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- (tr) to locate, place, or install (something) in a specific place
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Word Origin
C14: from Latin situs situation, from sinere to be placed
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Word Origin and History for site
n.
"place or position occupied by something," especially with reference to environment, late 14c., from Anglo-French site, Old French site "place, site; position," and directly from Latin situs "a place, position, situation, location, station; idleness, sloth, inactivity; forgetfulness; the effects of neglect," from past participle of sinere "let, leave alone, permit," from PIE *si-tu-, from root *tkei- "to settle, dwell, be home" (see home (n.)).
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v.
"to give a location to, place," 1590s, from site (n.). Related: Sited; siting.
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Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
site
(sīt)- A place; a location.
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- To locate or situate at a site.
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