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site

position; location; place; setting of an event

Not to be confused with:

cite – to quote; refer to as an example; commend; summon before a court of law

sight – vision; a view; mental perception; prospect; something worth seeing

site

location; setting of an event: This is the site where we will build our dream home.

Not to be confused with:

sight – vision: My sight has been getting dimmer.; something worth seeing: a sight for sore eyes

site

(sīt)

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 Latinsitus; see situs.]

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

site

(saɪt)

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

(tr) to locate, place, or install (something) in a specific place

[C14: from Latinsitus situation, fromsinere to be placed]

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

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 < Latinsitus position, site (presumably orig., leaving) =si-, variant s. ofsinere to leave, let +-tus suffix of v. action]

site

Past participle:sited
Gerund:siting

Imperative
site
site

Present
I site
you site
he/she/it sites
we site
you site
they site

Preterite
I sited
you sited
he/she/it sited
we sited
you sited
they sited

Present Continuous
I am siting
you are siting
he/she/it is siting
we are siting
you are siting
they are siting

Present Perfect
I have sited
you have sited
he/she/it has sited
we have sited
you have sited
they have sited

Past Continuous
I was siting
you were siting
he/she/it was siting
we were siting
you were siting
they were siting

Past Perfect
I had sited
you had sited
he/she/it had sited
we had sited
you had sited
they had sited

Future
I will site
you will site
he/she/it will site
we will site
you will site
they will site

Future Perfect
I will have sited
you will have sited
he/she/it will have sited
we will have sited
you will have sited
they will have sited

Future Continuous
I will be siting
you will be siting
he/she/it will be siting
we will be siting
you will be siting
they will be siting

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been siting
you have been siting
he/she/it has been siting
we have been siting
you have been siting
they have been siting

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been siting
you will have been siting
he/she/it will have been siting
we will have been siting
you will have been siting
they will have been siting

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been siting
you had been siting
he/she/it had been siting
we had been siting
you had been siting
they had been siting

Conditional
I would site
you would site
he/she/it would site
we would site
you would site
they would site

Past Conditional
I would have sited
you would have sited
he/she/it would have sited
we would have sited
you would have sited
they would have sited

Collins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011

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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" land site 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 parcel of land,piece of ground,piece of land,tract,parcel - an extended area of land
	2.	site - physical position in relation to the surroundings; "the sites are determined by highly specific sequences of nucleotides" situation 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" internet site,web site,website 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" locate,place station,post,send,place - assign to a station

site

noun

1.area,ground,plot,patch,tractHe became a hod carrier on a building site.

2.location,place,setting,point,position,situation,spot,whereabouts,locusthe site of Moses' tomb

3.websiteThis is a fun and cool site.

verb

1.locate,put,place,set,position,establish,install,situateHe said chemical weapons had never been sited in Germany.

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

site

noun

1.The place where a person or thing is located:

emplacement,location,locus,placement,position,situation.

2.The place where an action or event occurs:

locale,scene,setting,stage.

verb

To put in or assign to a certain position or location:

emplace,install,locate,place,position,set,situate,spot.

Translations

مَوْقِعمَوقِعمَوْقِع على الإنترنِت

internetová stránkamístosídlostanoviště

stedwebsitewebstedplads

Internetseite Ort Platz Stelle

τοποθεσία

sitio web site yacimiento emplazamiento lugar

paikka

emplacement endroit lieu localité site

lokacija

vettvangur; byggingarlóî

luogo sito porre posto area

敷地

현장

statybvietėtinklapis

atrašanās vietabūvlaukumsvieta tīmeklī/Internetā

stavebné miesto

gradbiščekraj

plats

สถานที่ตั้ง

alanbilgi işlem noktasımahal site yer

địa điểm

地点场所网址

site

[saɪt]

A.N

1. (=place) →sitiom,lugarm; (=location) →situaciónf; (=scene) →escenariom; (for building) →solarm,terrenom; (archaeological) →yacimientom
the site of the accident →ellugar del accidente
the site of the battle →elescenario de la batalla
a late Roman site →unemplazamiento romano tardío
building site →obraf
burial site →necrópolisf inv
camp site →campingm

2. (Internet) =website

B.VT →situar,ubicar (esp LAm)
a badly sited building →unedificio mal situado

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

site

[ˈsaɪt]

[tomb, ancient settlement, monument] →sitem
on the site of sth →sur lesite de qch
an archaeological site →unsite archéologique

(alsobuilding site) →chantierm

(for particular activity) →sitem
a nesting site →unsite denidificationcaravan site

[event] →lieum
the site of the accident →lelieu de l'accident

(alsowebsite) →sitem

vt →placer
They refused to have missiles sited on their land
BUTIls refusaient l'installation de missiles sur leur sol.sit-in[ˈsɪtɪn]n (=demonstration) →sit-inm inv

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

site

→Stellef, →Platzm; (Med,of infection) →Stellef

(Archeol) →Stättef

(= building site) →(Bau)geländent, →Baustellef;missilesite →Raketenbasisf;site foreman →Polierm;site office (→Büront →der) →Bauleitungf

(= camping site) →Campingplatzm

(Internet)=website

vt →legen,anlegen;to besited →liegen, (gelegen) sein;a badlysited building →einungünstig gelegenes Gebäude

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

site

[saɪt]

1.n

a. (of town, building) →ubicazionef (Archeol) →localitàf inv
the site of the accident →illuogo dell'incidente
the site of the battle →ilteatro dellabattaglia

b. (Constr) (alsobuilding site) →cantierem

c. (alsocamp site) →campeggio

2.vt →collocare,situare
a badly sited building →unedificio in unabrutta posizione

site

(sait) noun

1. a place where a building, townetc 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. perseel مَوْقِع парцел local stanoviště; sídlo der Platz plads; -plads; stedθέση,τοποθεσία,εργοτάξιοsitio,lugar krunt, asukoht ساختن tontti, paikkachantier;emplacementאתר स्थल, बैठने की जगह gradilište, položaj telek lokasi vettvangur; byggingarlóð/-svæðiarea,posto 敷地 (건설용) 부지, 용지 vieta, statybvietė būvlaukums; atrašanās vieta tapakterreinbeliggenhet,plassteren,plac ځاى، محل، مځكه (لكه دودانۍ يا فابريكې) موقعيتlocal şantier; amplasamentучасток;место stavebné miesto gradbišče; lega mesto tomt, plats, byggplats, läge สถานที่ตั้งyer,mahal 地點 ділянка для забудови کسی عمارت وغیرہ کی تعمیر کا مقام chỗ xây dựng, địa điểm地点

2. (alsoWeb site) a site on the Internet that gives information about a particular subject or person. werf مَوْقِع على الإنترنِت уебсайт sítio internetová stránka die Internetseite website; websted δικτυακός τόπος site interneti lehekülg پايگاه sivustositeאתר वेबसाइट stranica, internetska stranica lokasi di Internetsito インターネット上のウェッブサイト (인터넷) 웹사이트 tinklapis vieta tīmeklī/Internetā halamansitenettstedstrona internetowa وب سایت сайт в Интернете Web stránka spletna stran sajt webbplats, sajt ที่ตั้งsite, bilgi işlem noktası 網址 веб-сайт ویب سائٹ، انٹرنٹ پر کسی مخصوص موضوع سے متعلق معلومات کا مقام chỗ, vị trí网址

site

→مَوقِع místo stedStelleτοποθεσίαemplazamiento,sitio paikkasite lokacijasito 敷地 현장locatiestedmiejscelocalместо plats สถานที่ตั้งalan địa điểm场所

We'd like asite for a tent →نُريدُ مَوْقِعًا لَنَصْبِ الـخَيْمَةِ → Chtěli bychom místo pro stan → Vi vil gerne have et sted til et telt →Wir möchten einen Platz für unser Zelt →Θα θέλαμε χώρο για σκηνή. →Quisiéramos un espacio para una carpa → Haluaisimme telttapaikan →Je voudrais un emplacement pour une tente → Želim mjesto za šator →Vorremmo un posto tenda → テント用のサイトが欲しいのですが → 텐트 칠 곳이 있으면 좋겠어요 →We willen graag een plek voor een tent →Vi vil gjerne ha en teltplass →Chcielibyśmy prosić o miejsce na namiot →Nós queríamos um local para uma barraca →Нам нужно место для палатки → Vi vill ha en tältplats → เราอยากได้ที่ตั้งเต็นท์ →Bir çadır yeri istiyoruz. → Chúng tôi muốn một chỗ để cắm trại. →我想要一块扎帐篷的地方
We'd like asite for a conversion van (US)
We'd like asite for a campervan (UK) →نُريدُ مَكاناً لِوَضْعِ عَرَبَةَ النَوْمِ الـمُتَنَقِّلَةِِ → Chtěli bychom místo pro obytný automobil → Vi vil gerne have en plads til en autocamper →Wir möchten einen Platz für ein Wohnmobil →Θα θέλαμε ένα χώρο για αυτοκινούμενο τροχόσπιτο. →Quisiéramos un espacio para una caravana → Haluaisimme paikan matkailuautolle →Nous cherchons un emplacement pour un camping-car. → Treba nam mjesto za vozilo-kućicu →Vorremmo un posto camper → キャンプ用バンのサイトが欲しいのですが → 캠핑차 세울 곳이 있으면 좋겠어요 →We willen graag een plek voor een camper →Vi vil gjerne ha plass til en bobil →Czy znajdzie się miejsce na przyczepę kempingową? →Nós queríamos um local para um trailer de acampamento →Нам нужно место для парковки автофургона → Vi vill ha en plats för en husbil → เราอยากได้บริเวณที่จอดรถที่พักกลางแจ้ง →Aracımızı kamp edebileceğimiz bir yer arıyoruz → Chúng tôi muốn một chỗ cho xe cắm trại campervan. →我们想要一块露营车地块
We'd like asite for a trailer (US)
We'd like asite for a caravan (UK) →نُريدُ مَكاناً لِوَضْعِ مَقْطورَةَ النَوْمِ → Chtěli bychom místo pro karavan → Vi vil gerne have en plads til en campingvogn →Wir möchten einen Platz für einen Wohnwagen →Θα θέλαμε ένα χώρο για τροχόσπιτο →Quisiéramos un espacio para una caravana → Haluaisimme paikan asuntovaunulle →Nous cherchons un emplacement pour une caravane → Treba nam mjesto za kamp prikolicu →Vorremmo un posto roulotte → トレーラーハウスのサイトが欲しいのですが → 캠핑차 세울 곳이 있으면 좋겠어요 →We willen graag een plek voor een caravan →Vi vil gjerne ha plass til campingvogn →Czy znajdzie się miejsce na przyczepę? →Nós queríamos um local para um trailer caravana →Нам нужно место для парковки трейлера → Vi vill ha en plats för en husvagn → เราอยากได้บริเวณที่จอดรถคาราวาน →Karavanımızla kamp edebileceğimiz bir yer arıyoruz. → Chúng tôi muốn một chỗ cho xe caravan. →我们想要一块旅游房车地块
Can we park by oursite? →هَلْ يـُمْكِنُ إِيقافُ السَيَّارَةِ بِالقُرْبِ مِنا؟ → Můžeme parkovat u našeho místa? → Kan vi parkere ved vores plads? →Können wir neben unserem Standplatz parken? →Μπορούμε να παρκάρουμε κοντά στο χώρο μας; →¿Podemos estacionar al lado de nuestro espacio? → Voimmeko pysäköidä varatun paikkamme viereen? →On peut se garer près de notre emplacement ? → Možemo li se parkirati pored našeg mjesta? →Possiamo parcheggiare vicino al nostro posto? → 私たちのキャンプサイトのそばに駐車できますか？ → 우리 자리 옆에 주차해도 될까요? →Kunnen we op de kampeerplek parkeren? →Kan vi parkere ved siden av plassen vår? →Czy możemy zaparkować przy naszym namiocie? →Nós podemos estacionar no nosso local? →Мы можем поставить машину возле нашего участка? → Kan vi parkera vid vår plats? → เราจอดใกล้ค่ายได้ไหม? →Yanımıza park edebilir miyiz? → Chúng tôi có thể đỗ xe ở gần chỗ chúng tôi cắm trại không? →我们能在自己的宿营地停车吗？

site

n sitio;surgical — sitio quirúrgico

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