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site

American  
[sahyt] / saɪt /

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)

sited, siting

  1. to place in or provide with a site; locate.

  2. to put in position for operation, as artillery.

    to site a cannon.
site British  
/ saɪt /

noun

    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

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verb

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

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Other Word Forms

  • intersite adjective
  • resite verb (used with object)

Etymology

Origin of site

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

Example Sentences

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The Welsh government will make the final decision about a controversial plan to restore the site of the UK's last opencast mine.

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

Revolve’s approach to selling apparel also includes giving shoppers options, with more than 1,000 brands and over 100,000 unique items available on the site at one time.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

The cave had likely served as a long-term feeding site for giant barn owls, which repeatedly brought prey back to the same location over many generations.

From Science Daily • Apr. 3, 2026

Ricky Margate, 57, told AFP he had driven a motorcycle to the site this year instead of his car because it consumes less fuel.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

They avoided other clumps of blackened trees just in case they stumbled into more holes, but each time Owen saw a burned-out denning site, he felt a pang of sadness.

From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz

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