site

UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈsaɪt/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/saɪt/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(sīt)

Inflections of 'site' (v): (⇒ conjugate)
sites
v 3rd person singular
siting
v pres p
sited
v past
sited
v past p

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
site /saɪt/USA pronunciation   n., v., sit•ed, sit•ing. 
n. [countable]
  1. the area on which anything is, has been, or is to be located:the site of ancient Troy.

v. [+ object]
  1. to place in or provide with a site;
    locate.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
site  (sīt),USA pronunciation n., v., sit•ed, sit•ing. 
n. 
  1. the position or location of a town, building, etc., esp. as to its environment:the site of our summer cabin.
  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. ComputingSee Web site.

v.t. 
  1. to place in or provide with a site;
    locate.
  2. to put in position for operation, as artillery:to site a cannon.
  • Latin situs position, arrangement, site (presumably origin, originally "leaving, setting down''), equivalent. to si-, variant stem of sinere to leave, allow to be + -tus suffix of verb, verbal action
  • Middle English 1350–1400
    2. position, location, place.

site, +n. 
  1. ComputingSee Web site (in this section).

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
site /saɪt/ n
    • the piece of land where something was, is, or is intended to be located: a building site, archaeological site
    • (as modifier): site office
  1. an internet location where information relating to a specific subject or group of subjects can be accessed
vb
  1. (transitive) to locate, place, or install (something) in a specific place
Etymology: 14th Century: from Latin situs situation, from sinere to be placed
'site' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Collocations: a [nuclear, waste, building, construction, archaeological] site, site the [cannon, rocket], site [design, hosting, management, listings], more...

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