site

Noun · Verb

US[sahyt]/saɪt/1 syllable

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the piece of land on which something is located (or is to be located)“a good site for the school”Synonyms: land siteType of tract, piece of landKinds cemetery, fairway, campsite, dump, premises, tee, apron, bomb site, green, toxic site +5 moreExamples Lateran, World Trade Center site
physical position in relation to the surroundings“the sites are determined by highly specific sequences of nucleotides”Synonyms: situationType of position, placeKinds active site, antigenic determinant, locus of infection, close quarters, restriction site, locus
a computer connected to the internet that maintains a series of web pages on the World Wide Web; 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”Synonyms: web site website internet siteType of computer, computing machineKinds social networking service, chat room, newsgroup, portal site

assign a location to“The company located some of their agents in Los Angeles”Synonyms: locate placeMore general station, post

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Site noun

Origin: L. situs, fr. sinere, situm, to let, p. p. situs placed, lying, situate: cf. F. site. Cf. Position.

1. The place where anything is fixed; situation; local position; as, the site of a city or of a house. Geoffrey Chaucer

2. A place fitted or chosen for any certain permanent use or occupation; as, a site for a church.

3. The posture or position of a thing. rare

The semblance of a lover fixed In melancholy site.— James Thomson

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54