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Dictionary: site   (sīt) pronunciation
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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Plot of land prepared for or underlying a structure or development; location of a property.

A plot of land prepared for or underlying a structure or development. The location of a property.
Example: The Smith Building is located on a half-acre site in downtown Smithville. Several new buildings are being constructed on sites nearby.

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noun

  1. The place where a person or thing is located: emplacement, location, locus, placement, position, situation. See place.
  2. The place where an action or event occurs: locale, scene, setting, stage. See place.

verb

    To put in or assign to a certain position or location: emplace, install, locate, place, position, set1, situate, spot. See place.

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1. An area or plot of ground with defined limits on which a building, project, park, etc., is located or proposed to be located.
2. The specific location of a building or buildings.


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IN BRIEF: n. - A computer connected to the internet that maintains a series of web pages on the World Wide Web; Physical position in relation to the surroundings; The piece of land on which something is located (or is to be located) v. - Assign a location to.

Tutor's tip: She wanted to "cite" (refer to material as an authority) the medical dictionary to confirm her definition of "cyte" (a maturing germ cell), but she was not familiar with the "site" (the facility location) and the dictionary was not in "sight" (in the fiel

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A site is the location of an event, structure, object, or other thing, whether actual, virtual, abandoned (eg. an archaeological site), extant, or planned.

In information technology:

In mathematics:

Other uses:

Not to be confused with SETI.


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Dansk (Danish)
n. - beliggenhed, sted, grund, voksested
v. tr. - anbringe, placere

Nederlands (Dutch)
ligging, terrein, locatie, bouwterrein

Français (French)
n. - (Constr) terrain, chantier, emplacement, site archéologique, lieux (d'un accident)
v. tr. - construire

Deutsch (German)
n. - Stelle, Sitz, Baugelände
v. - plazieren

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - θέση, τοποθεσία, εργοτάξιο, οικόπεδο, αρχαιολογικός χώρος
v. - εντοπίζω, τοποθετώ

Italiano (Italian)
località, area fabbricabile

Português (Portuguese)
n. - localização
v. - localizar

Русский (Russian)
местонахождение, строительная площадка, место, располагать, располагаться, выбирать место

Español (Spanish)
n. - ubicación, emplazamiento, solar, sitio
v. tr. - situar

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - plats, tomt, byggplats
v. - placera, lokalisera

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
位置, 地点, 场所, 为...选址, 设置, 决定...的场所

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 位置, 地點, 場所
v. tr. - 為...選址, 設置, 決定...的場所

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 위치, (건물 따위의) 건축 부지, 유적
v. tr. - ~의 위치를 정하다, (기계 등을) 현장에 설치하다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 敷地, 遺跡, 位置
v. - 位置を与える, 設置する

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) موقع, مكان (فعل) يختار أو يعين ألموقع‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮מקום, אתר, אתר-בנייה, מיקם‬
v. tr. - ‮מיקם, איתר, סיפק אתר‬


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