site

[ sahyt ]

noun

1. the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:

   the site of our summer cabin.

2. the area or exact plot of ground on which anything is, has been, or is to be located:

   the site of ancient Troy.

   Synonyms: place, location, position

3. Computers. website.

verb (used with object)

, sit·ed, sit·ing.

1. to place in or provide with a site; locate.
2. to put in position for operation, as artillery:

   to site a cannon.

site

/ saɪt /

noun

1. 1. the piece of land where something was, is, or is intended to be located

      a building site

      archaeological site

   2. ( as modifier )

      site office

2. an internet location where information relating to a specific subject or group of subjects can be accessed

verb

1. tr to locate, place, or install (something) in a specific place

Other Words From

• inter·site adjective
• re·site verb (used with object) resited resiting

Word History and Origins

Origin of site¹

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English, from Middle French, from Latin situs “position, arrangement, site” (presumably originally, “leaving, setting down”), equivalent to si-, variant stem of sinere “to leave, allow to be” + -tus suffix of verbal action

Word History and Origins

Origin of site¹

C14: from Latin situs situation, from sinere to be placed

Example Sentences

"Each gene was like a single word. However, there was a piece of critical information lacking: transcription initiation sites for individual genes."

From Science Daily

In March 2023 it said 1,300 jobs were to go, a fifth of its workforce, most of them at the Dunton site.

From BBC

Some job sites, including Samuel and Florentino’s, provided them with masks and a paper to sign, acknowledging they were given a face covering.

From Los Angeles Times

During the course of the Nakba, the removal of Palestinians from their lands was accompanied by the renaming of sites and often by planting trees on the sites of villages, terraced fields and olive groves.

From Salon

The Home Office said that it did not comment on individual sites.

From BBC

Related Words

• ground
• home
• location
• scene
• section
• spot
• station