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position; location; place; setting of an event
site
location; setting of an event: This is the site where we will build our dream home.
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site
(sīt)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.]
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site
(saɪt)n
1. (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. (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
[C14: from Latin situs situation, from sinere to be placed]
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site
(saɪt)n., v. sit•ed, sit•ing. n.
1. the position or location of a town, building, etc., esp. as to its environment.
2. the area or exact plot of ground on which anything is, has been, or is to be located: the site of ancient Troy.
3. Web site.
v.t. 4. to place in or provide with a site; locate.
5. to put in position for operation, as artillery.
[1350–1400; Middle English < Latin situs position, site (presumably orig., leaving) =si-, variant s. of sinere to leave, let + -tus suffix of v. action]
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Past participle: sited
Gerund: siting
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| Noun | 1. |  site - 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 burial ground, burial site, burying ground, cemetery, graveyard, memorial park, necropolis - a tract of land used for burials 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, wasteyard, waste-yard, 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. |  site - 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"computer, computing device, computing machine, data processor, electronic computer, information processing system - a machine for performing calculations automatically 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." | |
| Verb | 1. | site - assign a location to; "The company located some of their agents in Los Angeles" |
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site
noun
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
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site
noun1. The place where a person or thing is located:
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Translations
مَوْقِعمَوقِعمَوْقِع على الإنترنِت
internetová stránkamístosídlostanoviště
stedwebsitewebstedplads
paikka
lokacija
vettvangur; byggingarlóî
敷地
현장
statybvietėtinklapis
atrašanās vietabūvlaukumsvieta tīmeklī/Internetā
stavebné miesto
gradbiščekraj
plats
สถานที่ตั้ง
địa điểm
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 accident → el lugar del accidente
the site of the battle → el escenario de la batalla
a late Roman site → un emplazamiento romano tardío
building site → obra f
burial site → necrópolis f inv
camp site → camping m
the site of the accident → el lugar del accidente
the site of the battle → el escenario de la batalla
a late Roman site → un emplazamiento romano tardío
building site → obra f
burial site → necrópolis f inv
camp site → camping m
2. (Internet) = website
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
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[ˈsaɪt]Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
site
n
(Archeol) → Stätte f
(= building site) → (Bau)gelände nt, → Baustelle f; missile site → Raketenbasis f; site foreman → Polier m; site office (→ Büro nt → der) → Bauleitung f
(= camping site) → Campingplatz m
(Internet) = website
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
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[saɪt]Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
site
(sait) noun1. 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.
2. (also Web site) a site on the Internet that gives information about a particular subject or person.
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
site
→ مَوقِع místo sted Stelle τοποθεσία emplazamiento, sitio paikka site lokacija sito 敷地 현장 locatie sted miejsce local место plats สถานที่ตั้ง alan địa điểm 场所Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
- We'd like a site for a tent
- We'd like a site for a conversion van (US)
We'd like a site for a campervan (UK) - We'd like a site for a trailer (US)
We'd like a site for a caravan (UK) - Can we park by our site?
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site
n sitio; surgical — sitio quirúrgicoEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.