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Meaning of SITE

Pronunciation:  sIt

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [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"
  2. [n]  physical position in relation to the surroundings; "the sites are determined by highly specific sequences of nucleotides"
  3. [n]  the piece of land on which something is located (or is to be located); "a good site for the school"
  4. [v]  assign a location to; "The company located some of their agents in Los Angeles"
 
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 Synonyms: internet site, land site, locate, place, situation, web site
 
 See Also: active site, apron, base, bivouac, bomb site, burial ground, burial site, burying ground, camp, campground, camping area, camping ground, camping site, campsite, cemetery, computer, computing device, computing machine, data processor, dig, dump, dumpsite, electronic computer, encampment, excavation, fairway, garbage dump, graveyard, green, information processing system, launching site, locus, locus of infection, memorial park, monument, necropolis, parcel, parcel of land, piece of ground, piece of land, place, position, post, premises, putting green, restriction site, rough, rubbish dump, send, station, summer camp, tee, teeing ground, tract, trash dump, wasteyard

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\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.
2. A place fitted or chosen for any certain permanent use or
   occupation; as, a site for a church.
3. The posture or position of a thing. [R.]
         The semblance of a lover fixed In melancholy site.
                                               --Thomson.
 
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Biology Dictionary
 
 Definition: The spatial confines of a particular project.
 
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Glossary
 
 Definition: a distinct spatial clustering of artifacts, features, structures, and organic and environmental remains. as the residue of human activity.
 
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