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site  (st)
n.
1. The place where a structure or group of structures was, is, or is to be located: a good site for the school.
2. The place or setting of something: a historic site; a job site.
3. A website.
tr.v. sit·ed, sit·ing, sites
To situate or locate on a site: sited the power plant by the river.

[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin situs; see situs.]

site [saɪt]
n
1. (Social Science / Human Geography)
a.  the piece of land where something was, is, or is intended to be located a building site archaeological site
b.  (as modifier) site office
2. (Electronics & Computer Science / Communications & Information) an Internet location where information relating to a specific subject or group of subjects can be accessed
vb
(tr) to locate, place, or install (something) in a specific place
[from Latin situs situation, from sinere to be placed]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.sitesite - the piece of land on which something is located (or is to be located); "a good site for the school"
summer camp, camp - a site where care and activities are provided for children during the summer months; "city kids get to see the country at a summer camp"
apron - (golf) the part of the fairway leading onto the green
bomb site - an area in a town that has been devastated by bombs; "they opened a parking lot on the bomb site"
campground, camping area, camping ground, camping site, campsite, encampment, bivouac - a site where people on holiday can pitch a tent
archeological site, dig, excavation - the site of an archeological exploration; "they set up camp next to the dig"
dumpsite, garbage dump, rubbish dump, trash dump, waste-yard, wasteyard, dump - a piece of land where waste materials are dumped
fairway - the area between the tee and putting green where the grass is cut short
putting green, putting surface, green - an area of closely cropped grass surrounding the hole on a golf course; "the ball rolled across the green and into the bunker"
launching site - a place for launching pads
monument - an important site that is marked and preserved as public property
premises - land and the buildings on it; "bread is baked on the premises"; "the were evicted from the premises"
rough - the part of a golf course bordering the fairway where the grass is not cut short
tee, teeing ground - the starting place for each hole on a golf course; "they were waiting on the first tee"
Superfund site, toxic site, toxic waste area - a site where toxic wastes have been dumped and the Environmental Protection Agency has designated them to be cleaned up
2.site - physical position in relation to the surroundings; "the sites are determined by highly specific sequences of nucleotides"
position, place - the particular portion of space occupied by something; "he put the lamp back in its place"
active site - the part of an enzyme or antibody where the chemical reaction occurs
close quarters - a situation of being uncomfortably close to someone or something
locus - the specific site of a particular gene on its chromosome
locus of infection - the specific site in the body where an infection originates
restriction site - the specific sites at which a restriction enzyme will cleave DNA
antigenic determinant, epitope, determinant - the site on the surface of an antigen molecule to which an antibody attaches itself
3.sitesite - 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"
chat room, chatroom - a site on the internet where a number of users can communicate in real time (typically one dedicated to a particular topic)
portal site, portal - a site that the owner positions as an entrance to other sites on the internet; "a portal typically has search engines and free email and chat rooms etc."
Verb1.site - assign a location to; "The company located some of their agents in Los Angeles"
station, post, send, place - assign to a station

site
noun
1. area, ground, plot, patch, tract He became a hod carrier on a building site.
2. location, place, setting, point, position, situation, spot, whereabouts, locus the site of Moses' tomb
3. website This is a fun and cool site.
verb
locate, put, place, set, position, establish, install, situate He said chemical weapons had never been sited in Germany.
Translations
site [saɪt]
A. N
1. (= place) → sitio m, lugar m; (= location) → situación f; (= scene) → escenario m; (for building) → solar m, terreno m; (archaeological) → yacimiento m
the site of the accidentel lugar del accidente
the site of the battleel escenario de la batalla
a late Roman siteun emplazamiento romano tardío
building siteobra f
burial sitenecrópolis f inv
camp sitecamping m
2. (Internet) = website
B. VTsituar, ubicar(esp LAm)
a badly sited buildingun edificio mal situado

site [ˈsaɪt]
n
[tomb, ancient settlement, monument] → site m
on the site of sth → sur le site de qch
an archaeological site → un site archéologique
(also building site) → chantier m
(for particular activity)site m
a nesting site → un site de nidification caravan site
[event] → lieu m
the site of the accident → le lieu de l'accident
(also website) → site m
vtplacer
They refused to have missiles sited on their land
BUT Ils refusaient l'installation de missiles sur leur sol.
sit-in [ˈsɪtɪn] n (= demonstration) → sit-in m inv

site
n
Stelle f, → Platz m; (Med, of infection) → Stelle f
(Archeol) → Stätte f
(= building site)(Bau)gelände nt, → Baustelle f; missile siteRaketenbasis f; site foremanPolier m; site office (→ Büro ntder) → Bauleitung f
(= camping site)Campingplatz m
(Internet) = website
vtlegen, anlegen; to be sitedliegen, (gelegen) sein; a badly sited buildingein ungünstig gelegenes Gebäude

site [saɪt]
1. n
a. (of town, building) → ubicazione f (Archeol) → località f inv
the site of the accident → il luogo dell'incidente
the site of the battle → il teatro della battaglia
b. (Constr) (also building site) → cantiere m
c. (also camp site) → campeggio
2. vtcollocare, situare
a badly sited building → un edificio in una brutta posizione

site [saɪt]
1. n
a. (of town, building) → ubicazione f (Archeol) → località f inv
the site of the accident → il luogo dell'incidente
the site of the battle → il teatro della battaglia
b. (Constr) (also building site) → cantiere m
c. (also camp site) → campeggio
2. vtcollocare, situare
a badly sited building → un edificio in una brutta posizione

site
n site [sait]
1 a place where a building, town etc is, was, or is to be, built He's got a job on a building-site; The site for the new factory has not been decided. perseel مَوْقِع парцел stanoviště; sídlo plads; -plads; sted der Platz θέση, τοποθεσία, εργοτάξιο sitio, lugar krunt, asukoht ساختن paikka, työmaa chantier; emplacement אֲתַר स्थल, बैठने की जगह gradilište, položaj telek lokasi vettvangur; byggingarlóð/-svæði area, posto 敷地 (건설용) 부지, 용지 vieta, statybvietė būvlaukums; atrašanās vieta tapak terrein beliggenhet, (bygge)plass teren, plac local şantier; amplasament участок; место(положение) stavebné miesto gradbišče; lega mesto tomt, plats, byggplats, läge สถานที่ตั้ง yer, mahal 地點 ділянка для забудови کسی عمارت وغیرہ کی تعمیر کا مقام chỗ xây dựng, địa điểm
2 (alsoWeb site) a site on the Internet that gives information about a particular subject or person. werf مَوْقِع على الإنترنِت уебсайт internetová stránka website; websted die Internetseite δικτυακός τόπος site interneti lehekülg پايگاه site אֲתַר वेबसाइट stranica, internetska stranica lokasi di Internet sito インターネット上のウェッブサイト (인터넷) 웹사이트 tinklapis vieta tīmeklī/Internetā halaman (web)site nettsted strona internetowa сайт в Интернете Web stránka spletna stran sajt webbplats, sajt ที่ตั้ง site, bilgi işlem noktası 網址 веб-сайт ویب سائٹ، انٹرنٹ پر کسی مخصوص موضوع سے متعلق معلومات کا مقام chỗ, vị trí

site موقع místo sted Stelle τοποθεσία emplazamiento, sitio paikka site lokacija luogo 敷地 현장 locatie sted miejsce local место plats สถานที่ตั้ง alan địa điểm 场所


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A CERTAIN City desiring to purchase a site for a public Deformatory procured an appropriation from the Government of the country.
Their old jealousies and differences continued; they never could coincide in their choice, and the captain objected altogether to any site so high up the river.
On the site of his orchards and vine-yards, of his proud mansion, of his very fish ponds, I have scrawled myself with half a hundred thousand eucalyptus trees.
 
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