site
/sʌɪt
/noun
1An area of ground on which a town, building, or monument is constructed: the proposed site of a hydroelectric dam the concrete is mixed on site...
- Historical monuments, sites and buildings also came under the scrutinising eye of the engineers preparing the draft plan.
- They are urging planners to tighten controls to prevent developers from building on greenland sites in the area.
- The group is seeking planning permission on several sites and will begin building on others.
Synonyms
plot, lot, area;
North American plat
1.1A place where a particular event or activity is occurring or has occurred: the site of the Battle of Flodden...
- In the event, 57 farms sites were infected before the first case was diagnosed.
- They now intend seeking permission to retain and continue using the landfill site at Emo Park.
- They allow unlimited travel on all trains and access to all event sites on the railway.
Synonyms
location, place, position, situation, locality, whereabouts, locale, spot, scene, setting
technical locus
1.2 short for building site. [as modifier]: site visits...
- Earlier this week a council planning enforcement officer visited the site and said that the billboards were not authorised.
- Nigel Williams, a council enforcement officer, visited the site in mid-May and found no action had been taken.
- She said an officer had visited the site and concluded that there was no nuisance problem at the moment.
1.3 short for campsite or caravan site.As we were walking about looking for the campsite we approached a site where the campers were clearly in a panic of some sort....
- The fire was discovered by campers from the site behind the pub who had risen early to leave.
- A regular at The Ferry for many years, Steven spent most weekends at his caravan, on a site next to the pub.
2A website: the site has no ads and is not being promoted with banners some servers use cookies to track users from site to site...
- There needs to be URL blocking of spyware sites, and spyware should be in antivirus signature databases.
- New techniques allow criminal hackers to compromise legitimate sites to download malware to your computer.
- Now that you have made it possible to create a Weblog, return to your site's home page.
verb [with object and adverbial of place]
Fix or build (something) in a particular place: the rectory is sited behind the church (as noun siting) decisions concerning the siting of nuclear power plants...
- There are concerns about siting a new hall on the recreation field and uncertainty the current building needs as much work as is suggested.
- Some residents are concerned that new bus stops being sited outside their homes will bring noise and disruption.
- Siting new power lines is fraught with even more resistance than siting a new power plant.
Synonyms
place, put, position, situate, locate, set, install
Usage
Many people confuse the words site and sight. As a noun, site means ‘a place where something is constructed or has occurred’ (the site of the battle; the concrete is mixed on site), while sight chiefly means ‘the faculty or power of seeing’ (he lost his sight as a baby).
Origin
Late Middle English (as a noun): from Anglo-Norman French, or from Latin situs 'local position'. The verb dates from the late 16th century.
Rhymes
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- phenomenologically
- phenomenological method
- phenomenologist
- phenomenology
- phenomenon
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- phenomic
- phenon
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- phenothiazine
- phenotype
- phenotypic
- phenotypical
- phenotypically
- phenotypic selection
- phenotyping
- phenoxazine
- phenoxide
- phenoxy
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