site

[sahyt] /saɪt/
noun
1.
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
the site of our summer cabin.
2.
the area or exact plot of ground on which anything is, has been, or is to be located:
the site of ancient Troy.
3.
Computers. website.
verb (used with object), sited, siting.
4.
to place in or provide with a site; locate.
5.
to put in position for operation, as artillery:
to site a cannon.
Origin
1350-1400; Middle English < Latin situs position, arrangement, site (presumably orig. “leaving, setting down”), equivalent to si-, variant stem of sinere to leave, allow to be + -tus suffix of v. action
Related forms
intersite, adjective
resite, verb (used with object), resited, resiting.
Can be confused
cite, sight, site.
Synonyms
2. position, location, place.
Examples from the web for site
  • On-site admissions programs let applicants know immediately whether they have been accepted.
  • The site now houses a sprawling camp of several thousand, with free-food stands and a barber doing a busy trade.
  • The site has become near and dear to a generation of guitarists who grew up learning to play.
  • Here's a hearty seafood stew to cook on-site on a grill or camp stove.
  • It's heavy, so build the planter in sections that can be screwed together on-site.
  • The desert marigolds readily adapted to the sunny site.
  • The site was walking distance from my downtown hotel.
  • They are remarkably well-preserved because of the dry climate and the inaccessibility of the site.
  • People aren't jumping into the water unless a site is in danger or stands to advance research.
  • The location or site of a city is influenced by political as well as geomorphologic and geological factors.
British Dictionary definitions for site

site

/saɪt/
noun
1.
  1. the piece of land where something was, is, or is intended to be located: a building site, archaeological site
  2. (as modifier): site office
2.
an internet location where information relating to a specific subject or group of subjects can be accessed
verb
3.
(transitive) to locate, place, or install (something) in a specific place
Word Origin
C14: from Latin situs situation, from sinere to be placed
Word Origin and History for 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" (see home (n.)).

v.

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

site in Medicine

site (sīt)
n.
A place; a location. v. sit·ed, sit·ing, sites
To locate or situate at a site.