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单词 situated
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situatedadj.

Brit. /ˈsɪtjʊeɪtᵻd/, /ˈsɪtʃʊeɪtᵻd/, U.S. /ˈsɪtʃəˌweɪdᵻd/
Forms: see situate v. and -ed suffix1.
Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Partly formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: Latin situatus ; situate v.; -ed suffix1.
Etymology: Originally < post-classical Latin situatus situate adj. + -ed suffix1. In later use < situate v. + -ed suffix1. Compare earlier situate adj.
1. Sited in a particular location; having a particular location or position.
a. In predicative use.
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the world > space > place > position or situation > [adjective] > having a (specified) position
besteda1300
set13..
situatec1425
bestowed1484
situatedc1487
collocate1529
resident1571
sited1578
posited1666
stowed1674
couched1675
enlodged1678
parked1807
c1487 J. Skelton tr. Diodorus Siculus Bibliotheca Historica i. 24 A poete there was in Egipte whiche in his dyctes metrefyed of that cyte made thys commemoracion: how Nisa is a cyte situated vpon a mountayne.
1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. cxvj Asperge situated [L. superimpositum] vpon a verey hyghe mountayne standyng alone.
a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) iii. xiii. sig. Qq3 While he cast his eye about,..cursing all Ilands in being euill scituated.
1650 T. Bayly Worcesters Apophthegmes 13 A place so proudly scituated, that you might as well command all the Countrey.
1687 A. Lovell tr. J. de Thévenot Trav. into Levant ii. 27 The Castle,..situated on a little hill of an oval figure, that tapers from the bottom to the top.
a1701 H. Maundrell Acct. Journey from Aleppo in Journey to Jerusalem (1721) 1 It is situated in the Wilderness.
1780 Mirror No. 95 His estate..is situated in an agreeable neighbourhood.
1820 La Belle Assemblée Nov. 223/1 Pompeii appears to have been a large, populous, and handsome maritime city, situated near the mouth of the Sarno.
1868 J. N. Lockyer Elem. Lessons Astron. §83 The great nebula of Orion is situated in the part of the constellation occupied by the sword-handle.
1933 Geogr. Jrnl. 81 571 Hamish island, situated on the shallow sill of the Red Sea.
1970 Drum (Johannesburg) Feb. (E. Afr. ed.) 31/3 This airport will be capable of handling jumbo jets and is ideally situated in the heart of the safari country.
2003 M. Belson On the Press v. 149 After a few years training I became the collotype platemaker and my laboratory was situated in the old cellars of the Press.
b. In attributive use. Chiefly with modifying adverb.
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1601 R. Chester Loves Martyr 77 What famous towne and situated Seate, Is that huge Building that is made by Art?
1662 J. Evelyn Sculptura iv. 101 Such as exceed in the talent, would entertain us with more Landskips, and views of the Environs, Approches and Prospects of our nobly situated Metropolis.
1785 Gentleman's Mag. Nov. 584/1 The Carthusian Convent of St. Martin..I believe the best situated monastery in Europe; every thing appertaining to it corresponds with the sublimity of the view.
1789 H. L. Piozzi Observ. Journey France I. 149 Their wonderfully-situated metropolis [i.e. Venice].
1854 ‘G. Greenwood’ Haps & Mishaps 120 Belfast is a handsomely-situated and well-built town.
1875 W. McIlwraith Guide Wigtownshire 94 The..finely-situated..Endcliffe House.
1922 W. K. Gregory Origin & Evol. Human Dentition ii. i. 104 A similarly situated, but better developed, basal cingulum in later mammals may be traced from the premolars.
1936 Amer. Speech 11 299 Any phonic difference found between comparably situated sounds in heterophonous words in a given language constitutes a phonemic contrast.
2006 New Yorker 9 Oct. 29/1 Annual gatherings were held at Bleeck's, the conveniently situated refuge.
2. Of a person: in a particular situation or position in life. Frequently with modifying adverb or adverbial phrase.
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the world > existence and causation > existence > state or condition > circumstance or circumstances > [adjective] > placed in particular circumstances
betide1470
circumstanced1611
circumstantiateda1628
circumstantiate1649
situated1702
conditioned1831
1702 C. Mather Magnalia Christi vii. App. 110/2 There have been some rich Men, that were finely Scituated, and had all things richly to Enjoy.
1789 W. Dyott Diary July (1907) I. 63 I was very unpleasantly situated, being obliged to double up with a jolly ensign, or to take lodgings in town.
1806 A. Knox Remains (1844) I. 74 In one way or other, he will still, as he is situated, cultivate the Communion of Saints.
a1855 C. Brontë Professor (1857) I. vi. 91 It was impossible for me to be thus situated, and not feel the angel or the demon of my race at work within me.
1942 L. D. Rich We took to Woods v. 136 I was so situated that there were no married friends and maiden aunts to scare the pants off me. Result: I had a very pleasant pregnancy, thank you.
1971 J. Harty Licklog Holler v. 43 One Ozarkian..put it this way: ‘I want to be situated all the time so that I can look any damn man in the face and tell him to go to hell.’
2004 N.Y. Times 1 Aug. ivA. 20/1 The eagerness of young people to feel situated in the grand scheme of things.
3. Chiefly Social Sciences. Grounded in actual practices, experiences, or interactions; dependent on or determined by circumstances or social context.
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1961 E. Goffman Encounters 96 A situated role..is a bundle of activities visibly performed before a set of others and visibly meshed into the activity these others perform.
1969 Amer. Sociol. Rev. 34 926/2 The point of operationalization is delayed until the situated meaning of concepts are discovered.
1975 Ann. Rev. Anthropol. 4 103 Empirical study reveals a diverse range of resources put to use in the creation of situated discourse.
1995 Lang. in Society 24 567 Productive starting-points for thinking about how to relate work in sociolinguistics to cognition, especially situated cognition, thus improving both our theories of language and culture.
2009 Irish Times 4 Dec. (Innovation section) 15/3 In such situated learning, they [sc. the students] discover the appropriate circumstances in which to apply what they are taught.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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