site

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.]

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.

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.

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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Science Innovation Technology And Engineering	Academic & Science->Universities
Search For International Terrorist Entities	Governmental->United Nations Governmental->US Government
Sindh Industrial and Trading Estates	Governmental->State & Local
Sindicato Independiente de Trabajadores de la Enseñanza	International->Spanish
Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education	Community->Educational
Space Influences on the Terrestrial Environment	Academic & Science->Ocean Science
Spectrasite Holdings, Inc.	Business->NASDAQ Symbols
Student Invention Through Education	Academic & Science->Universities Community->Educational
Superfund Innovative Technology Evaluation	Governmental->Environmental
Supernatural Intuitive Transmundane Entity	Miscellaneous->Science Fiction

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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.

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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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