What does "site" mean?

1. (physical location) a place where a building is being constructed or where something important happened. 2. (website) a short way of saying 'website' — a place on the internet with its own address. 3. (medical or biological area) a specific part of the body or a molecule where something happens, like an operation or a reaction. 4. (to place a building) to choose a place for a building or project and put it there.

How do you use "site"?

Often used with 'on' or 'at'. Usually used in the passive voice.

site

n. · v.

US //ˈsaɪt// UK //sˈaɪt// site

1 physical location (n.)
A2 Elementary

a place where a building is being constructed or where something important happened.

a specific area of land where a building, town, or monument is being constructed or is situated.

Example

The workers arrived at the construction site early to start the new project.

Example

Archaeologists spent three months excavating the site, uncovering several artifacts that suggest the area was a major trading hub in the fourteenth century.

Usage

Often used with 'on' or 'at'.
2 website (n.)
A2 Elementary Computing

a short way of saying 'website' — a place on the internet with its own address.

a set of related web pages located under a single domain name.

Example

You can find more information about the course on our official site.

Example

The company migrated their e-commerce site to a new server to handle the increased traffic expected during the holiday season.
- website
- webpage

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3 medical or biological area (n.)
C1 Advanced Technical Medicine

a specific part of the body or a molecule where something happens, like an operation or a reaction.

a specific area of a body, protein, or DNA sequence where a particular process or reaction occurs.

Example

The nurse cleaned the injection site before giving the medicine.

Example

The surgeon carefully monitored the surgical site for any signs of infection during the patient's post-operative recovery period.
- area
- zone
4 to place a building (v.)
B2 Upper Intermediate Formal

to choose a place for a building or project and put it there.

to fix or build something in a particular place.

Example

The council decided to site the new library in the center of the town.

Example

The developers chose to site the wind farm on the coastal ridge to maximize exposure to the prevailing westerly winds.

Usage

Usually used in the passive voice.

Origin

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.

Word family

Nouncampsite
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