situate

[ verb sich-oo-eyt; adjective sich-oo-it, -eyt ]

/ verb ˈsɪtʃ uˌeɪt; adjective ˈsɪtʃ u ɪt, -ˌeɪt /

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verb (used with object), sit·u·at·ed, sit·u·at·ing.

to put in or on a particular site or place; locate.

adjective

Archaic. located; placed; situated.

OTHER WORDS FOR situate

1 establish, station, set, install.

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Origin of situate

1515–25; <Late Latin situātus situated, equivalent to Latin situ-, stem of situssite + -ātus-ate¹

OTHER WORDS FROM situate

in·ter·sit·u·ate, verb (used with object), in·ter·sit·u·at·ed, in·ter·sit·u·at·ing.re·sit·u·ate, verb (used with object), re·sit·u·at·ed, re·sit·u·at·ing.

Words nearby situate

sitting room, sitting target, sitting tenant, sitting trot, Sittwe, situate, situated, situation, situational irony, situational psychosis, situation comedy

How to use situate in a sentence

Ever since Arthur Conan Doyle situated his sleuth Sherlock Holmes at 221B Baker Street, Victorian London has been the ur-setting for detective stories.
Two historical mystery novels plunge readers into the past while keeping them guessing|Clare McHugh|February 8, 2021|Washington Post
The Blue Jays are a classic, upwardly mobile franchise — situated in a major media market, coming off a playoff appearance in 2020 and hungry to make the leap from good to great.
The Blue Jays gamble on George Springer, hoping to go from a good team to a great one|Dave Sheinin|January 20, 2021|Washington Post
Time meant situating ourselves as part of a larger web of life.
Humans Have Rights and So Should Nature - Issue 94: Evolving|Grant Wilson|January 6, 2021|Nautilus
They situate the writer at home in a story in which she is usually a voyeur.
Harvard students told a lurid tale of murder. Was it true?|Marin Cogan|December 11, 2020|Washington Post

The absence of the pay-TV distribution deals would appear to situate the companies’ streamers as separate from, and incremental to, their linear businesses.
‘Burn the boats’: TV networks playing with fire in streaming pivots|Tim Peterson|December 9, 2020|Digiday
These details situate the scene in time, but also in place, eliding any conflict between the two.
Painting Pontius Pilate's Palestine|Blake Gopnik|March 6, 2013|DAILY BEAST
It is a long log and frame building, situate on the south side of the road, with a porch extending along its entire frontage.
The Old Pike|Thomas B. Searight
It was constructed of stone, evidently of some antiquity, and situate in a dull remote street.
Harper's New Monthly Magazine, No. VII, December 1850, Vol. II|Various
The Palace has Gardens delightfully situate by the side of the Elbe.
The Memoirs of Charles-Lewis, Baron de Pollnitz, Volume I|Karl Ludwig von Pllnitz
From the pools we went down the hollow in which they are situate, and followed the course of the aqueduct.
Letters from Palestine|J. D. Paxton
Stoke is situate in the county of Stafford, and has a great porcelain manufactory founded by Wedgwood.
Memoirs of the Duchesse de Dino v.1/3, 1831-1835|Dorothy Duchesse de Dino

British Dictionary definitions for situate

situate

/ (ˈsɪtjʊˌeɪt) /

verb

(tr; often passive) to allot a site to; place; locate

adjective

(now used esp in legal contexts) situated; located

Word Origin for situate

C16: from Late Latin situāre to position, from Latin situs a site

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