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Definitions for: Site
[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"
[n] physical position in relation to the surroundings; "the sites are determined by highly specific sequences of nucleotides"
[n] the piece of land on which something is located (or is to be located); "a good site for the school"
[v] assign a location to; "The company located some of their agents in Los Angeles"
Webster (1913) 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.
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
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