site

site is one of the 1000 most common headwords.

sit - site - situate

site is on the Academic Word List.

Pronunciation

• enPR: sīt, IPA ^(key): /saɪt/
• SAMPA: /saIt/

• Audio (US)

  (file)

• Homophones: cite, sight

Noun

Singular site

Plural sites

1. (countable) A site is a location or a place.
   • Synonyms: place and location

   He was working on a building site in Alton when a concrete mixer rolled back and hit him.

2. (countable) A site is a website.

Related words

• website
• on site

Verb

Plain form site

Third-person singular sites

Past tense sited

Past participle sited

Present participle siting

1. (transitive) (usually passive) If something is sited somewhere, it was put or built there.

   The house is sited on the corner of Portland Street and Langham Street.

Synonyms

• situate
• locate