- (transitive; often passive) to allot a site to; place; locate
- (now used esp in legal contexts) situated; located
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sit•u•at•ed
(sich′o̅o̅ ā′tid),USA pronunciation adj.
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026- located;
placed. - placed in a particular position or condition, esp. with reference to the possession of money:The inheritance leaves them well situated.
- situate + -ed2 1550–60
sit•u•ate /ˈsɪtʃuˌeɪt/USA pronunciation
v. [~ + object;
often: be + ~-ed], -at•ed, -at•ing.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026often: be + ~-ed], -at•ed, -at•ing.
- to put in or on a particular site or place:situated herself near the exit door.
sit•u•ate
(v. sich′o̅o̅ āt′;adj. sich′o̅o̅ it, -āt′),USA pronunciation v., -at•ed, -at•ing, adj.
v.t.
adj.
v.t.
- to put in or on a particular site or place;
locate.
adj.
- [Archaic.]located;
placed;
situated.
- Late Latin situātus situated, equivalent. to Latin situ-, stem of situs site + -ātus -ate1
- 1515–25
- 1. establish, station, set, install.
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situate /ˈsɪtjʊˌeɪt/ vb
'situated' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
absolute magnitude
- Acre
- anal fin
- Andorra la Vella
- anterior
- antipodes
- approximal
- around
- Assam
- Auschwitz
- Australia
- axial
- back
- backstage
- Baffin Bay
- basilar
- blowhole
- bottom
- Bute
- Camelot
- canine
- canyoning
- Cape Town
- Capua
- Cardiff
- Carey Street
- cephalic
- cerebellum
- Cheddar
- coelom
- collateral
- contrary
- convenience store
- crystalline lens
- cylinder
- deep
- DEW line
- distal
- downtown
- east
- easterly
- eastward
- eastern
- eccentric
- epididymis
- exterior
- external
- face
- Fleet Street
- focal