A Topical Dictionary: Search for site

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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Site \Site\, n. [L. situs, fr. sinere, situm, to let, p. p.
situs placed, lying, situate: cf. F. site. Cf. Position.]
1. The place where anything is fixed; situation; local
position; as, the site of a city or of a house. --Chaucer.
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2. A place fitted or chosen for any certain permanent use or
occupation; as, a site for a church.
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3. The posture or position of a thing. [R.]
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The semblance of a lover fixed
In melancholy site. --Thomson.
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WordNet site
n 1: the piece of land on which something is located (or is to be
located); "a good site for the school" [syn: land site]
2: physical position in relation to the surroundings; "the
sites are determined by highly specific sequences of
nucleotides" [syn: situation]
3: 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" [syn: web site, {internet
site}]
v : assign a location to; "The company located some of their
agents in Los Angeles" [syn: locate, place]

Moby Dictionary
abode , agora , amphitheater , area , arena , athletic field ,
auditorium , background , bear garden , bearings , bench mark , bowl ,
boxing ring , bull ring , campus , canvas , circus , cockpit , coliseum ,
colosseum , course , district , emplacement , field , floor , forum ,
ground , gym , gymnasium , hall , haunt , hippodrome , hole , home ,
install , latitude and longitude , lieu , lists , locale , locality ,
locate , location , locus , marketplace , mat , milieu , mise-en-scene ,
open forum , orientation , palaestra , parade ground , pinpoint , pit ,
place , placement , plat , platform , plot , point , position , precinct ,
prize ring , public square , purlieu , purlieus , put , range , region ,
ring , scene , scene of action , scenery , setting , situate , situation ,
situs , sphere , spot , squared circle , stadium , stage , stage set ,
stage setting , stamping ground , station , stead , terrain , theater ,
tilting ground , tiltyard , walk , where , whereabout , whereabouts ,
wrestling ring