English Explanatory Dictionary

site

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The place where anything is fixed; situation; local position
  2. A place fitted or chosen for any certain permanent use or occupation
  3. The posture or position of a thing.
  4. A computer installation, particularly one associated with an intranet or internet service or telecommunications.
  5. A website.
  6. A category together with a choice of Grothendieck topology.
  7. Region of a protein, a piece of DNA or RNA where chemical reactions take place.
  8. A part of the body which has been operated on.
verb
  1. To situate or place a building or construction project.

Pronunciation

sīt /saɪt/ en-us-site.ogg

Word forms

site sites scite siting sited

Etymology

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.

Related words

in situ situate situation situs

Derived words

antisite A-site autosite bedsite binsite birdsite birthsite blogsite bomb site bombsite call site campsite camsite caravan site chat site cobweb site common-site picketing coupon site cross-site cross-site request forgery cross-site scripting drafting site dreaming site dropsite dumpsite dynamic site ecosite E-site exosite fansite fieldsite filling site fill site fire site gapsite geomorphosite geosite gravesite gripesite gunsite halting site hatesite hellsite historic site homesite ichnosite intersite intrasite I-site island site jobsite landsite meanwhile site metasite microsite millsite minesite minisite mirror site multisite
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