SITE

site, situation

(noun) physical position in relation to the surroundings; “the sites are determined by highly specific sequences of nucleotides”

site, land site

(noun) the piece of land on which something is located (or is to be located); “a good site for the school”

locate, place, site

(verb) assign a location to; “The company located some of their agents in Los Angeles”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology 1

Noun

site (plural sites)

(obsolete) Sorrow, grief.

Etymology 2

Noun

site (plural sites)

The place where anything is fixed; situation; local position

A place fitted or chosen for any certain permanent use or occupation

The posture or position of a thing.

A computer installation, particularly one associated with an intranet or internet service or telecommunications.

A website.

(category theory) A category together with a choice of Grothendieck topology.

Region of a protein, a piece of DNA or RNA where chemical reactions take place.

A part of the body which has been operated on.

Hyponyms

• building site

• construction site

• camping site

• campsite

• jobsite

• landfill site

Verb

site (third-person singular simple present sites, present participle siting, simple past and past participle sited)

(architecture) To situate or place a building.

Anagrams

• EITs, ETSI, Esti, ITEs, SETI, ties

Source: Wiktionary


Site, n. Etym: [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. 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. [R.] The semblance of a lover fixed In melancholy site. Thomson.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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THEORETICAL

(adjective) concerned primarily with theories or hypotheses rather than practical considerations; “theoretical science”


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