- placed as to site or position; located
- placed as to circumstances: comfortably situated for retirement
Origin of situated
past participle of situate
The house in Laguna Beach, California is situated on the edge of the cliff.
- An example of situated is where your house can be found; situated on a hill.
- An example of situated is the wealth of the Rockefeller family; well situated.
The definition of situated is where a person or thing is located, or their financial circumstances.
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adjective
- Having a place or location; located: a cabin nicely situated on a quiet riverbank.
- Supplied with money: a family that has always been well situated.
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Verb
- Simple past tense and past participle of situate.
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Sentence Examples
- His house was situated seven miles from the office and about the same distance from Betsy and me.
- The town is charmingly situated on a small plateau, 1680 ft.
- It is beautifully situated in the centre of a valley basin on a plateau 3500 ft.
- Too bad it isn't situated in the mountains of California.
- Humacao is attractively situated near the E.
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