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site (n.)

"place or position occupied by something," especially with reference to environment, late 14c., from Anglo-French site, Old French site "place, site; position," and directly from Latin situs "a place, position, situation, location, station; idleness, sloth, inactivity; forgetfulness; the effects of neglect," from past participle of sinere "let, leave alone, permit," from PIE *si-tu-, from root *tkei- "to settle, dwell, be home."

site (v.)

"to give a location to, place," 1590s, from site (n.). Related: Sited; siting.

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Definitions of site from WordNet
1
site (n.)
the piece of land on which something is located (or is to be located);
a good site for the school
Synonyms: land site
site (n.)
physical position in relation to the surroundings;
the sites are determined by highly specific sequences of nucleotides
Synonyms: situation
site (n.)
a computer connected to the internet that maintains a series of web pages on the World Wide Web;
the Israeli web site was damaged by hostile hackers
Synonyms: web site / website / internet site
2
site (v.)
assign a location to;
Synonyms: locate / place
From wordnet.princeton.edu