US /saɪt/
noun Freq #2010

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun

    a place on the internet where you can read pages and find information; a website

    You can buy tickets directly from the company's site.

  2. 2
    noun

    a piece of land where something is built or where something happens

    This would be a great site for the new stadium.

  3. 3
    noun

    the place where a particular event happened

    Crowds gathered at the site of the accident.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 noun · a place on the internet... web site
2 noun · a piece of land where... land site
Word family
Forms sitedsitessiting
Derived forms antisiteautositebedsitebinsitebirdsitebirthsiteblogsitebombsitecampsitecamsitecross-sitedropsite
Related forms situatesituationsitus

Etymology

From Middle English site, from Anglo-Norman site, from Latin situs (“position, place, site”), from sinere (“to put, lay, set down, usually let, suffer, permit”). Doublet of sitio and situs.

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