situate

sit·u·ate  (sch-t)

tr.v. sit·u·at·ed, sit·u·at·ing, sit·u·ates

1. To place in a certain spot or position; locate.

2. To place under particular circumstances or in a given condition.

adj. Archaic (-t, -t)

Situated.

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[Middle English, from Medieval Latin siture, situt-, to place, from Latin situs, location; see tkei- in Indo-European roots.]

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situate

Verb

[-ating, -ated] Formal to place [Late Latin situare to position]

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	situate - determine or indicate the place, site, or limits of, as if by an instrument or by a survey; "Our sense of sight enables us to locate objects in space"; "Locate the boundaries of the property" locate ascertain, determine, find out, find - establish after a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study; "find the product of two numbers"; "The physicist who found the elusive particle won the Nobel Prize" acquire - locate (a moving entity) by means of a tracking system such as radar radiolocate - locate by means of radar; "The pilot managed to radiolocate the lost aircraft" map - locate within a specific region of a chromosome in relation to known DNA or gene sequences; "map the genes" localise, localize, place - identify the location or place of; "We localized the source of the infection" base - situate as a center of operations; "we will base this project in the new lab"
	2.	situate - put (something somewhere) firmly; "She posited her hand on his shoulder"; "deposit the suitcase on the bench"; "fix your eyes on this spot" posit, deposit, fix bury - place in the earth and cover with soil; "They buried the stolen goods" lay, place, put, set, position, pose - put into a certain place or abstract location; "Put your things here"; "Set the tray down"; "Set the dogs on the scent of the missing children"; "Place emphasis on a certain point" sediment - deposit as a sediment

Translations

situate [ˈsɪtjueɪt] vt → situar, ubicar (LAM)

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situate [ˈsɪtjueɪt] vt → situer

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situate [ˈsɪtjueɪt] vt → legen

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situate [ˈsɪtjueɪt] vt → collocare