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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024site /saɪt/USA pronunciation n., v., sit•ed, sit•ing. n. [countable] - the area on which anything is, has been, or is to be located:the site of ancient Troy.
v. [~ + object] - to place in or provide with a site;
locate.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024site (sīt),USA pronunciation n., v., sit•ed, sit•ing. n. - the position or location of a town, building, etc., esp. as to its environment:the site of our summer cabin.
- the area or exact plot of ground on which anything is, has been, or is to be located:the site of ancient Troy.
- ComputingSee Web site.
v.t. - to place in or provide with a site;
locate. - to put in position for operation, as artillery:to site a cannon.
- Latin situs position, arrangement, site (presumably origin, originally "leaving, setting down''), equivalent. to si-, variant stem of sinere to leave, allow to be + -tus suffix of verb, verbal action
- Middle English 1350–1400
- 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged position, location, place.
site, + n. - ComputingSee Web site (in this section).
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: site /saɪt/ n - the piece of land where something was, is, or is intended to be located: a building site, archaeological site
- (as modifier): site office
- an internet location where information relating to a specific subject or group of subjects can be accessed
vb - (transitive) to locate, place, or install (something) in a specific place
Etymology: 14th Century: from Latin situs situation, from sinere to be placed |