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Site
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun Site has 3 senses
- site(n = noun.location) land site - the piece of land on which something is located (or is to be located); "a good site for the school" has particulars: camp, summer camp, apron, bomb site, bivouac, campground, camping area, camping ground, camping site, campsite, encampment, burial ground, burial site, burying ground, cemetery, graveyard, memorial park, necropolis, archeological site, dig, excavation, dump, dumpsite, garbage dump, rubbish dump, trash dump, waste-yard, wasteyard, fairway, green, putting green, putting surface, launching site, monument, premises, rough, tee, teeing ground, superfund site, toxic site, toxic waste area, ground zero, lateran
- site(n = noun.location) situation - physical position in relation to the surroundings; "the sites are determined by highly specific sequences of nucleotides" is a kind of place, position
- site(n = noun.communication) internet site, web site, website - a computer connected to the internet that maintains a series of web pages on the World Wide Web; "the Israeli web site was damaged by hostile hackers" is a kind of computer, computing device, computing machine, data processor, electronic computer, information processing system
is a kind of parcel, parcel of land, piece of ground, piece of land, tract
Derived form verb site1
has particulars: active site, close quarters, locus, locus of infection, restriction site, antigenic determinant, determinant, epitope
has particulars: chat room, chatroom, portal, portal site
Verb Site has 1 sense
- site(v = verb.possession) locate, place - assign a location to; "The company located some of their agents in Los Angeles" is one way to place, post, send, station
Derived form noun site1
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
CIDE DICTIONARY
Site, n. [L. situs, fr. sinere, situm, to let, p. p. situs placed, lying, situate: cf. F. site. Cf. Position.].
- The place where anything is fixed; situation; local position; as, the site of a city or of a house. Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
- A place fitted or chosen for any certain permanent use or occupation; as, a site for a church. [1913 Webster]
- The posture or position of a thing. [1913 Webster]"The semblance of a lover fixed
In melancholy site." [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
Site, n. & v.
1 the ground chosen or used for a town or building.
2 a place where some activity is or has been conducted (camping site; launching site).
--v.tr.
1 locate or place.
2 provide with a site.
1 the ground chosen or used for a town or building.
2 a place where some activity is or has been conducted (camping site; launching site).
--v.tr.
1 locate or place.
2 provide with a site.
Etymology
ME f. AF site or L situs local position
THESAURUS
Site
abode, agora, amphitheater, area, arena, athletic field, auditorium, background, bear garden, bearings, bench mark, bowl, boxing ring, bull ring, campus, canvas, circus, cockpit, coliseum, colosseum, course, district, emplacement, field, floor, forum, ground, gym, gymnasium, hall, haunt, hippodrome, hole, home, install, latitude and longitude, lieu, lists, locale, locality, locate, location, locus, marketplace, mat, milieu, mise-en-scene, open forum, orientation, palaestra, parade ground, pinpoint, pit, place, placement, plat, platform, plot, point, position, precinct, prize ring, public square, purlieu, purlieus, put, range, region, ring, scene, scene of action, scenery, setting, situate, situation, situs, sphere, spot, squared circle, stadium, stage, stage set, stage setting, stamping ground, station, stead, terrain, theater, tilting ground, tiltyard, walk, where, whereabout, whereabouts, wrestling ringROGET THESAURUS
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Situation
N situation, position, locality, locale, status, latitude and longitude, footing, standing, standpoint, post, stage, aspect, attitude, posture, pose, environment, surroundings (location), circumjacence, place, site, station, seat, venue, whereabouts, ground, bearings, spot, topography, geography, chorography, map, situate, situated, local, topical, topographical, in situ, in loco, here and there, passim, hereabouts, thereabouts, whereabouts, in place, here, there, in such and such surroundings, in such and such environs, in such and such entourage, amidst such and such surroundings, amidst such and such environs, amidst such and such entourage.
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