site.
The place where anything is fixed; situation; local position
Meaning & usage
The place where anything is fixed; situation; local position
the site of a city or of a house
A place fitted or chosen for any certain permanent use or occupation
a site for a church
The posture or position of a thing.
A computer installation, particularly one associated with an intranet or internet service or telecommunications.
A website.
A category together with a choice of Grothendieck topology.
Region of a protein, a piece of DNA or RNA where chemical reactions take place.
A part of the body which has been operated on.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English site, from Anglo-Norman site, from Latin situs (“position, place, site”), from sinere (“to put, lay, set down, usually let, suffer, permit”). Doublet of sitio and situs.
To situate or place a building or construction project.
The U.K. government is dusting off an alternative plan to site the center at a military outfit such as Porton Down.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English site, from Anglo-Norman site, from Latin situs (“position, place, site”), from sinere (“to put, lay, set down, usually let, suffer, permit”). Doublet of sitio and situs.
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