Verb
They decided to situate the new office building near the airport.
We situated ourselves in the seats nearest the exit.
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Adjective
Add Accent Trees To add beauty and additional shade to a front yard, carefully situate accent trees between the street and the house.—Viveka Neveln, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 Feb. 2023
Verb
The region is situated in hilly terrain, receives a lot of Gulf moisture and remnant tropical systems, and climate change is, on average, boosting the intensity of rain falling from storms.—Marshall Shepherd, Forbes.com, 6 July 2025 The camp is situated right by the river in Kerr County, which was hit especially hard by Friday’s flash flood.—Rebecca Schneid, Time, 6 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for situate
Word History
Etymology
Adjective
Middle English, from Late Latin situatus, from Latin situs
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