site

CEFRA1

/saɪt/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A place where something is located or happens; to place something there.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

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

Examples

  • The committee picked the site for the exhibition.

  • A man appeared at the site.

At a glance

Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. The posture or position of a thing.

  2. The place where anything is fixed; situation; local position

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

More examples

In context

  • The site of a sixteenth-century abbey

  • the site of a city or of a house

  • 1613, Richard Moore, Silvester Jourdain, William Crashaw, William Castell, A Plaine Description of the Barmvdas, Now Called Sommer Ilands: With the manner of their discouerie anno 1609...[full title extends to 77 words], W. Welby, p .8, A more full and exact...

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Origin

noun

From Middle English site, from Anglo-Norman site, from Latin situs (“position, place, site”), from sinere (“to put, lay, set down, usually let, suffer, permit”). Doublet of sitio and situs.