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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
Noun
1. the piece of ground where something was, is, or is intended to be located: a building site, a car park is to be built on the site of a Roman fort
2. same as website
Verb
[siting, sited]
to locate (something) on a specific site [Latin situs position]
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
Translations
Spanish site [saɪt] nsitio;
(also: building site) → solar m
vtsituar

French site [saɪt] nemplacement m, site m;
(also: building site) → chantier m
vtplacer

German site [saɪt] n (place) → Platz m;
(of crime) → Ort m;
(also: building site) → Baustelle f;
(Comput) → Site f
vt (factory) → legen;
(missiles) → stationieren

Italian site [saɪt] nposto;
(also: building site) → cantiere m;
(COMPUT) → sito
vtsituare

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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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