site

¹site

noun \ˈsīt\

Definition of SITE

1

a : the spatial location of an actual or planned structure or set of structures (as a building, town, or monuments)

b : a space of ground occupied or to be occupied by a building

2

a : the place, scene, or point of an occurrence or event <a picnic site>

b : one or more Internet addresses at which an individual or organization provides information to others <an FTP site>; especially : web site

Examples of SITE

1. Hard hats must be worn on the construction site.
2. They visited the site of their future house.
3. The company has chosen a new site for its office building.
4. the site of the battle
5. Federal investigators combed through the crash site.

Origin of SITE

Middle English, place, position, from Anglo-French or Latin; Anglo-French sit, site, from Latin situs, from sinere to leave, allow

First Known Use: 14th century

Related to SITE

Synonyms

emplacement, locale, locality, location, locus, point, position, place, spot, venue, where

Related Words

scene; precinct, region, section, sector; here, there

Other Building Terms

batten, cistern, hearth, lath, transom, wainscot

Rhymes with SITE

bight, bite, blight, bright, byte, cite, dight, dite, fight, flight, fright, height, hight, kite, knight, krait, kyte, light, lite, might, mite, night, plight, quite, right, rite, sight, sleight, slight, smite, spite, sprite, tight, trite, white, wight, wite, wright, write

²site

transitive verb

sit·edsit·ing

Definition of SITE

: to place on a site or in position : locate

First Known Use of SITE

15th century

site

noun \ˈsīt\   (Medical Dictionary)

Medical Definition of SITE

: the place, scene, or point of something <the site of inflammation>—see active site