site

The definition of a site is an area where something is built or to be built or a location where a historic or important event took place.

(noun)

An example of a site is the land you buy where your new house will sit.
An example of a site is the location on which a famous military battle was fought.

See site in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

a piece of land considered from the standpoint of its use for some specified purpose: a good site for a town
the place where something is, was, or is to be; location or scene: the site of a battle
Comput. website

Origin: ME < L situs, position, situation < pp. of sinere, to put down, permit, allow < IE base *sei-, to cast out, let fall: see side

transitive verb sited, siting

to locate or position on a site

See site in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

The place where a structure or group of structures was, is, or is to be located: a good site for the school.
The place or setting of something: a historic site; a job site.
A website.

transitive verb sit·ed, sit·ing, sites

To situate or locate on a site: sited the power plant by the river.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English

Origin: , from Old French

Origin: , from Latin situs; see situs

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