situate
verb /ˈsɪtʃueɪt/
/ˈsɪtʃueɪt/
(formal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they situate | /ˈsɪtʃueɪt/ /ˈsɪtʃueɪt/ |
| he / she / it situates | /ˈsɪtʃueɪts/ /ˈsɪtʃueɪts/ |
| past simple situated | /ˈsɪtʃueɪtɪd/ /ˈsɪtʃueɪtɪd/ |
| past participle situated | /ˈsɪtʃueɪtɪd/ /ˈsɪtʃueɪtɪd/ |
| -ing form situating | /ˈsɪtʃueɪtɪŋ/ /ˈsɪtʃueɪtɪŋ/ |
- situate something + adv./prep. to build or place something in a particular position
- situate something + adv./prep. to consider how an idea, event, etc. is related to other things that influence your view of it
- Let me try and situate the events in their historical context.
Word Originlate Middle English: from medieval Latin situat- ‘placed’, from the verb situare, from Latin situs ‘site’.