Sekirov Dictionary

site

/saɪt/

noun 8
verb 1
forms 3

noun8

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a place where something such as a building or a town is, or where it used to be
- However, I have taken care in the Map prefix'd to this Essay, to put a Mark for the Site of all Religious Houses, as well as ancient Ways and Fortifications.... — 1705
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(Internet) A website.
- [G]eneral site with excellent links to contextual as well as author-specific material. — 1999
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A place fitted or chosen for any certain permanent use or occupation
- The Town surrender'd soon, the Citadel,/Proud of its Site, do's their Assaults repel/Who e're their Idols cou'd, and them destroy,/For Life he shall the Gen'ral's place enjoy. — 1716
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The posture or position of a thing.
- Maintain site setbacks as far as possible from roadways and other routes providing rapid public access. — 2006
Region of a protein, a piece of DNA or RNA where chemical reactions take place.
A part of the body which has been operated on.
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A computer installation, particularly one associated with an intranet or internet service or telecommunications.
- The data may be divided among a data base system's nodes in several ways. In a fully redundant data base system, each data base site contains a complete copy of the entire data base... — 1982
A category together with a choice of Grothendieck topology.

verb1

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To situate or place a building or construction project.
- The U.K. government is dusting off an alternative plan to site the center at a military outfit such as Porton Down.

forms

sited · siting · sites

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