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.
Vocabulary lists containing site
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Example Sentences
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Abu Ridi voiced frustration at the Israeli military's inability to remove a handful of settlers from the site and called for more action to resolve the situation.
From Barron's ● Aug. 17, 2026
His 31-acre property abuts the Terafab site and shares about 4,000 feet of fence with Musk’s land.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 17, 2026
Photos showed 49 gold bars laid out on a table at the construction site and hundreds of gold coins collected in the builders’ bucket.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026
"We are dealing with humans, we are dealing with people. We cannot reduce them to, 'come see this site, pay this entrance fee'," Asare says.
From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2026
So when she came upon a work crew marching toward a construction site, she tried to join the end of the line.
From "The Wild Robot Escapes" by Peter Brown
The judge ruled that the operators could continue preparatory work at the sites but must stop short of producing oil and gas until a final decision had been taken.
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026
Frogs, toads, and salamanders have delicate skeletons that do not fossilize easily, so their remains are uncommon in the fossil record outside asphaltic sites such as La Brea Tar Pits.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 16, 2026
In May 2025, the trust recommended that EGS should only be provided at one of its hospital sites.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
The contretemps about the visa scandal pushed #Andy — López Beltrán’s knickname — to the top of social media sites in Mexico, drawing both praise and derision.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
Native peoples had created town sites, farms, monumental earthworks, and networks of roads, and they had devised a wide variety of governments, some as complex as any in the modern world.
From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
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
The solar plant also is sited next to a soon-to-be-finished 80-megawatt/320-megawatt-hour battery storage bank and Calpine’s existing 750-megawatt natural gas-fired combined-cycle generating plant, which company officials described as a “trifecta” of energy reliability.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 20, 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
"It makes absolutely zero sense why, now, these facilities are being sited practically in people's backyards, and next to gas stations, all over Staten Island," says the city councillor.
From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2025
Their camp was well sited atop a low stony ridge that ran from north to south.
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
According to the Clean Air Task Force, by mid-2024, local governments had authority over renewable energy siting in 37 states.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 2026
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
“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
Nor did Mrs Rimbolt, siting on the sofa beside her friend, heed his entrance till Percy said,— “Hullo, Jeff!”
From A Dog with a Bad Name by Talbot Baines Reed
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