site
Americannoun
verb (used with object)
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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
Conjugated Forms
Present
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have sitedperfect
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has sitedperfect 3rd person singular
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are sitingprogressive
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am sitingprogressive 1st person singular
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have been sitingperfect progressive
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sitessingular 3rd person
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has been sitingperfect progressive 3rd person singular
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is sitingprogressive 3rd person singular
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sitingparticiple
Past
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had sitedperfect
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had been sitingperfect progressive
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were sitingprogressive plural
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sitedsimple
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sitedparticiple
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was sitingprogressive singular
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.
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Example Sentences
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The updated permit also allows the site to temporarily store and move some hazardous and clinical waste, although these materials will not be burned there.
From BBC • Jun. 7, 2026
LA Metro is adding about 300 buses to its regular fleet to handle the additional demand, with shuttles servicing nine direct routes to SoFi Stadium, the site of eight matches, and various fan zones.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 7, 2026
On Saturday, security was heightened at the airport as well as the Jantar Mantar protest site, with steel barricades set up at key points.
From Barron's • Jun. 6, 2026
Cuba’s currency has fallen to around 620 pesos to the dollar on the informal market, according El Toque, an independent Cuban news site that tracks the currency market.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 6, 2026
She had told them that morning about Deirdre and her Web site.
From "Scream for Ice Cream: Nancy Drew and the Clue Crew, #2" by Carolyn Keene
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