SITUATING

Verb

situating

present participle of situate

Source: Wiktionary


SITUATE

Sit"u*ate, Sit"u*a`ted, a. Etym: [LL. situatus, from situare to place, fr. L. situs situation, site. See Site.]

1. Having a site, situation, or location; being in a relative position; permanently fixed; placed; located; as, a town situated, or situate, on a hill or on the seashore.

2. Placed; residing. Pleasure situate in hill and dale. Milton.

Note: Situate is now less used than situated, but both are well authorized.

Sit"u*ate, v. t.

Definition: To place. [R.] Landor.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.

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