site : [s'ɑɪt]
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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site n 1 :
the piece of land on which something is located (
or is to be located ); "
a good site for the school " [
synonym : {
site },
{
land site }]
2 :
physical position in relation to the surroundings ; "
the sites are determined by highly specific sequences of nucleotides "
[
synonym : {
site }, {
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 " [
synonym : {
web site }, {
website },
{
internet site }, {
site }]
v 1 :
assign a location to ; "
The company located some of their agents in Los Angeles " [
synonym : {
locate }, {
place }, {
site }]
95 Moby Thesaurus words for "
site ":
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
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