Site

Definition: Site

Site

Noun

1. The piece of land on which something is located (or is to be located): "a good site for the school".

2. Physical position in relation to the surroundings.

3. 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".

Verb

1. Assign a location to; "The company located some of their agents in Los Angeles".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "site" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references)

Etymology: Site \Site\, noun. [Latin expression situs, from sinere, situm, to let, past participle situs placed, lying, situate: compare to the French expression site. Compare to Position.]. (references)

Biology & Biotechnology

Building & Civil Engineering

Environment

Nuclear Energy & Physics

Post & Telecom

Transportation

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

SITE

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Synonyms: Site

Defense

Hardened site.

Area defense; site defense.

Situation

Place, site, station, seat, venue, whereabouts; ground; bearings; (direction); spot; (limited space).

Crosswords: Site

French (site), Turkish (buildings, complex, development).

This is it. The site of our controversial first date (Say Anything; writing credit: Cameron Crowe.)

Oh that must be a site. (Forrest Gump; writing credit: Eric Roth)

And this site was chosen for its seclusion and scenic beauty (The Shining; writing credit: Stanley Kubrick)

I am totally suing that Web site. (Malcolm in the Middle; writing credit: Daniel Frenette)

This site also demonstrates one of the great dangers of archeology, not to life and limb, although that does sometimes take place, I'm talking about folklore (Raiders of the Lost Ark; writing credit: George Lucas; Philip Kaufman)

Hop on the site like like we used to do (Just A Baby Boy; performing artist: Tyrese)

Murder at Site 3 (1959)

Goede daden bij daglicht: Site by Site (1996)

A Site Better Off (1989)

Site 2 (1989)

Sacred Site (1986)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• Maximum Accessibility: Making Your Web Site More Usable for Everyone (reference)

• EBay the Smart Way : Selling, Buying, and Profiting on the Web's #1 Auction Site (reference)

• Strike It Rich On eBay (The World's Largest Online Internet Auction Site) (reference)

• How to Activate Your Web Site (reference)

• Capture Section report of fish aggregating device (FAD) site survey, construction and deployment assistance to the Fisheries Department of Tuvalu : Phase I, 7-24 October 1995 and Phase II, 17 May-7 June 1996 (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• Muninet Guide & Review Site Directory (reference)

• Right Site - Site Analysis Ed - Cd-rom (reference)

• Site & Road (reference)

• Site Management & Technology (reference)

• Web Site Management And Internet Advertising Trends (reference)

  (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies

• Mighty Machines - At The Construction Site (With Toy) (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Sacred Site (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech

• 3Com Networking Officeconnect Web Site Filter (reference)

  (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

Consumer Goods

• DeWalt DW911 Job Site Radio & Battery Charger (9.6V-18V DeWalt NiCd Batteries) (reference)

• Skil 2936 3.6V Articulating Screwdriver with Site Light (reference)

• Milwaukee 49-24-0200 Job Site Radio (reference)

  (more baby examples; more wireless phone examples; more garden examples; more kitchen examples; more tool examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

The image shows a close-up of a patient's body prior to radiation treatment. A lighted scale is projected onto the body to exactly line up the treatment with the tumor site. Credit: Unknown photographer/artist.

Shown is an illustration of a type of treatment for cancer. 1) Boron compound (b) is selectively absorbed by cancer cell(s). 2) Boron beam (n) is aimed at cancer site. 3) Boron absorbs neutron. 4) Boron disintegrates emitting cancer-killing radiation. See artwork: GR-13. Credit: Pat Kenny (artist).

Rabies in humans is almost always fatal. Symptoms may be headache, fatigue, fever and pain at the site of the bite can be present. Behavioral changes like apprehension, anxiety, agitation, irritability, insomnia and depression may also appear. Credit: CDC.

Classification of mycoses by primary site of pathology. Credit: CDC.

Apollo 12 Landing Site. Credit: NASA.

360 Degree Panorama Mars Pathfinder Landing Site. Credit: NASA.

Dr. Goddard Observes Launch Site. Credit: NASA.

Helicopter reconnaissance of station site at Anaktuvuk Pass Triangulation party of Walter Helm. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

Heliotrope used for directing sun's rays to distant observer Used to illuminate station site so far distant observer could measure angles. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

A Patuxent River Great Blue Heron nesting site, or "heronry.". Credit: America's Coastlines.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

We may site Proudhon's Philosophie de la Misere as an example of this form. (reference)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Already in the preceding year, Wellington, with the sagacity of prescience, had examined it as a possible site for a great battle

I discovered that my house actually had its site in such a withdrawn, but forever new and unprofaned, part of the universe

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

The stomach is a frequent site of bleeding. (references)

The oral cavity is a very frequent site of such side effects. (references)

The lungs are usually the first site involved in sarcoidosis. (references)

Business

As the favored investment site for German firms. (references)

Some systems are suitable for use on the site where the waste is generated. (references)

A new dental hospital will be built on the present site of the Royal Dental Hospital of Melbourne. (references)

Civil Liberties

India

Anyone running an "anti-Indian" site risks up to five years in prison. (references)

Vietnam

A fight broke out between members of this group and others at the site. (references)

Egypt

The court suspended a Ministry of Culture decree declaring the tomb a national antiquity site. (references)

Economic History

Botswana

DOSFAN's World Wide Web site is at http://www.state.gov. (references)

Belgium

Belgium has had a few serious cases of site contamination. (references)

France

Nuclear waste is stored on site at reprocessing facilities. (references)

Human Rights

Sri Lanka

The magistrate took the person to the site where he and the other eight had been detained and tortured. (references)

Sierra Leone

On May 17, Guinean troops shelled a group of RUF rebels at a disarmament site, which killed at least one civilian. (references)

Malaysia

The group organized conferences, hosted a web site, and staged other events to broadcast its opposition to the ISA. (references)

Minorities

Ethiopia

Construction at the site had not resumed by year's end. (references)

Ukraine

Nationalists erected crosses on the site to commemorate Christian victims of Nazi terror. (references)

Czech Republic

The site of a former Romani concentration camp at Lety continued to be a source of controversy. (references)

Political Economy

PORTUGAL

These projects have included new highways, urban renewal for the site of Lisbon-based EXPO 98, rail modernization, subways, dams, and water treatment facilities. (references)

Sudan

A government-run health care center had operated on the site since 1973. The Church claims that it has a freehold title to the land, while the Government claims that the land is leased. (references)

PANAMA

Panama is an active participant in FTAA negotiations, and serves as the temporary site of the FTAA Secretariat until February 2002. Panama has expressed a strong interest in becoming the permanent site of the FTAA. (references)

Trade

Slovak Rep

Their web site is www.eib.org. (references)

Australia

The first site selected was the Steel River Facility (Newcastle), near Sydney. (references)

Switzerland

Almost all fairgrounds have a customs office on site and charges can be easily handled. (references)

Travel

Bulgaria

Other Department of State travel information publications are also available at the above web site. (references)

Poland

This information is available from the U.S. Department of State's web site (http://travel.state.gov/). (references)

Ghana

Cost of installation at a commercial or industrial site varies from USD 5,200 to USD 5,500 for overhead lines. (references)

Women

Argentina

The Council operates a Web site that provides information on the organization and on issues relevant to the organization's goals. (references)

Worker Rights

Indonesia

After the new recruits arrive at the site they learn that they have been recruited as sex workers. (references)

Morocco

A work site may contain several independent locals or locals affiliated with more than one labor federation. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Beginning with "site": site-based, site-by-site, site-dependence, site-dependent, site-directed, Site-Directed, site-faithful, site-finding, site-independent, site-investigation, site-license, site-owner, site-preparation, site-recce, site-related, site-specific, Site-Specific DNA Methyltransferase (Cytosine-Specific), Site-Specific DNA-Methyltransferase (Adenine-Specific), site-specificity, site-stratification, site-types, site-wide.

Ending with "site": active-site, bomb-site, building-site, lattice-site, multi-site, off-site, on-site, re-site, split-site.

Containing "site": beta-site-APP-clearing, on-site verification.

Afrikaans

kampeerterrein (camping ground, camping site), kamp (camp of tents, camping ground, camping site, tented, tented camp). (various references)

Albanian

vendqëndrim (bus stop, emplacement, halt station, pitch, stand, ubiety), vendndodhje (locale, position, whereabouts), pozitë (beachhead, capacity, footing, notch, position, ranking, side, stance, standing, status), pjerrësi (cocking, declination, declivity, gradient, incidence, inclination, incline, knee, pitch, ramp, recliner, scarp, set, shearing, slant, slope, splay, talus, tilt, trim). (various references)

Arabic 

مقام (location), بقعة (place=), ‏في الموقع (on the spot, spot), ‏مكان (area, locale, locality, locus, place, position, room, seat, space, spot, venue), ‏مقام (key, locality, seat, situation, status), ‏موقع (locale, locality, location, place, point, position, post, rhythmic, scene, situation, spot, subscriber), ‏موضع (locale, locality, locus, object, objectify, place, position, seat, situation, spot), ‏محل (place, spot), ‏مركز (center, center on, centered, centralize, centre, centre on, concentrated, fastened, fixed, focus, funnel, localise, locality, localize, location, office, position, post, seat, settled, situation, spot, station), ‏وقع (be located, befall, come, come off, drop, dwell, fall, ground smb., happen, land, locate, place, position, rhythm, run, set one's hand to, sign, sign up, strike, subscribe, supervene, take place, tumble, underwrite), ‏ورشة البناء, ‏ساحة (field, piazza, square, yard), ‏إختار موقعا, ‏أرض (amphitheatre, earth, floor, ground, grounds, land, soil, terrain, territory, topsoil). (various references)

Bulgarian 

строителен обект, разполагам (collocate, dispose, pitch, position, settle, situate), определям мястото за, място за строеж, място (collocation, elbow room, ground, locale, locality, location, locus, place, point, position, post, room, seat, space, spot, stand, station, stead), местоположение (emplacement, locality, location, locus, placement, position, standing, ubiety), поставям (affix, apply, deposit, do, laid, lay, pass, pitch, place, pose, posit, position, produce, put, put on, put up, set, set up, shrink on, situate, stage), парцел за строеж. (various references)

Chinese 

網址 , 站点 (off-site), 地點 (location, place), 所在地 (location), 址 (location), 場地 (place, space). (various references)

Czech

stavební plocha, stanovištì (stand, station), umístìní (emplacement, laying, location, place, placement), poloha (aspect, lie, place, position, situation). (various references)

Danish

stedet for lokalisering (location, place of location), sted (abode, dwelling-place, dwelling-place-residence, location, place, residence, spot), plads (location, place, place to sit, plaza, public square, seat, spot, square), anlaegsomraade, beliggenhed (location), etableringssted (location, place of location), lokalisation (localization), anlægsområde, netsted (web site, website), web-sted (web site, website), voksested (habitat), website (web site, website), web-site (web site, website), websted (web site, website), lokalitet (conference site, congress venue, station). (various references)

Dutch

ligging (attitude (of strata), location, orientation, position). (various references)

Esperanto

situo. (various references)

Faeroese

staður (city state), stað (location, place, spot), støða (circumstances, condition, position, situation, state). (various references)

Farsi 

مکان (Locality, Location, Locus, Part, Place, Spot, Stead), محل (Locale, Locality, Location, Place, Room, Situation, Spot, Stead), زمین زیرساختمان , جا (Berth, Case, Emplacement, House, Lieu, Locality, Location, Lodge, Place, Receptacle, Room, Seat, Situation, Socket, Space, Station, Stead, Vacancy, Vacantness). (various references)

Finnish

sijainti (location), paikka (job, locality, location, patch, place, point, position, post, room, seat, situation, spot). (various references)

French

site (archaeological site), emplacement. (various references)

German

Lage (circumstances, condition, lay, layer, lie, locality, location, pitch, position, presentation, register, round, situation, thickness), Standort (fix, garrison, ground, habitat, located, location, locations, position, stand), Stätte (location, place, spot), Bauplatz, Aufstellungsort. (various references)

Greek 

τόπος (locus, place), τοποθεσία (locality, location, position, situation), θέση (capacity, class, condition, exposure, job, place, position, post, seat, situation, standing, station, status, stead, thesis). (various references)

Hebrew 

מקום (abode, locality, location, place, premises, situation, spot, stead, whereabouts), מכון (basis, institute, institution), למקם (localise, localize, locate, place, situate, spot), אתר (locality, location, place). (various references)

Hungarian

telek (allotment, building plot, building site, Croft, ground, lot, parcel, plot, realty, stance), házhely (building plot, building site, parcel), hely (beehive, berth, boonies, chair, enclosure, hick, houseroom, locality, location, loco, place, room, shrine, space, spot, stance, stead, test hole), fekvés (course, exposure, lay, lie, locality, location, locus, range, run, shift, situation). (various references)

Indonesian

tempat (berth, holder, location, place, space), ajang (arena, field). (various references)

Irish

ionad (place). (various references)

Italian

ubicazione (choice of location, choice of site, location), posto (job, located, place, position, post, ranking, right, room, seat, situated, situation, space, spot, stand, station, stead), luogo (area, country, district, ground, lieu, locality, location, passage, place, position, scene, space, spot, stead, terrain). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

跡地 , 用地 , 地点 (point on a map), 敷地 , サイザル麻 (cider, citation, cytokinin, hand brake, side, side business, side job, side light, side lobe, side pocket, side table, side vents, side walk, side work, sidearm throw, sideboards, sidecar, sideline, side-out, sidestroke, sideview mirror, sightseeing, sisal hemp, size, supplementary reader in a foreign language classroom). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

しきち, あとち, サイト , ようち (beautiful pond, childish, important place, infancy, infantile, night attack, place where immortals live, strategic location), ちてん (point on a map). (various references)

Korean 

위치 (lay, locating, location, POS, position). (various references)

Manx

laaragh (building plot, centre, centric, centrical, stage, venue), cur (communicate, consign, give, lay, lead, place, put, render). (various references)

Norwegian

leirplass (camping ground, camping site). (various references)

Pig Latin

itesay.(various references)

Portuguese

local (local, location, locus, place, premise, premises, regional, sectional, spot), situação (circumstances, condition, degree, emplacement, fettle, laity, lay, lie, location, peonage, portability, position, posture, proposition, situation, state), sítio (croft, flag-station, location, place, siege, spot, station), lugar (emplacement, first of all, function, job, lieu, location, place, place to sit, position, post, pound, room, seat, spot, stead, thorp, where). (various references)

Romanian

situaţie (account, berth, billet, case, condition, eminence, footing, location, position, posture, report, setting, situation, state), situa (lay, place, situate), teren (course, domain, earth, field, ground, land, soil, terrain, tract), poziţie (attitude, bearing, hang, line up, locality, locus, place, position, set, setting, situation, stand, standing, standpoint, view), plasa (fix, get in, interpose, invest, lay, lay down, Lodge, place, position, post, put, put down, situate, station), loc (accommodation, billet, blank, corner, estate, field, job, lieu, locality, location, locus, place, point, position, post, quarter, region, room, seat, spot, stand, standing, station, stead, where). (various references)

Russian 

участок (area, clearing, curtilage, homestead, parcel, plat, precinct, region), располагать место централизованный, местоположение (emplacement, loci, locus, situation), место (betting shop, clubland, fernery, location, place, point, position, room, seat, space, spot, stand, station, stead), положение (condition, degree, fettle, footing, lie, location, position, posture, situs, standing, state). (various references)

Scottish

làrach (a site, abode, the site of a building). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

položaj (billet, incumbency, job, lie, location, office, position, racket, situation, slot, standing, station, whereabouts), gradilište (reconstruction area). (various references)

Spanish

emplazamiento (emplacement, location, siting, stall, summons), sitio web (website), sitio (installation, investment, lieu, locale, location, place, position, room, seat, siege, space, spot, website), lugar (account, disposal, hostel, inducement, investment, lieu, locale, locus, motive, occasion, place, point, reason, room, scene, space, spot, stead, village). (various references)

Sranan

kampu (camping ground, camping site). (various references)

Swedish

plats (area, capacity, employment, field, ground, houseroom, locale, locality, location, locus, lot, place, position, post, room, seat, situation, stand, station). (various references)

Thai

สถานที่ตั้ง, จัดตั้งขึ้นในสถานที่. (various references)

Turkish

sahne (arena, boards, scene, scenic, set, setting, stage), yerleştirmek (accommodate, deposit, domicil, domicile, draw out, embed, emplace, enchase, engraft, ensconce, entrench, establish, fix, indwell, ingraft, inject, install, lay, locate, nestle, perch, pitch, place, posit, position, post, put, put in, quarter, reset, seat, set, set up, settle, shake down, sink, situate, slot, spot, Square, station, Stow), yerleşim yeri (place, settlement), yer (earth, footing, geo-, Glebe, ground, ground-, locale, locality, location, locus, mother earth, pew, place, position, post, premises, quarter, room, seat, situation, situs, slot, space, spot, stand, standing, station, stead, terrain, terraneous, ubiety, where, whereabouts), oturtmak (clap, embed, fit, gear, indwell, Mount, place, reset, seat, set, sit, sit down, slot), mevki (class, condition, lay, location, place, position, promotion, seat, situation, standing, state, station, status, ubiety), mekân (hangout, locality, place, space), konum (attitude, configuration, lay, lie, location, position, situation, standing, state, station, status), açmak (bare, beat, bring up in conversation, bring up the subject, broach, cave, cave in, clear, clear away, clear off, clear up, cleave, cut, cut loose, dehisce, denude, dilate, dilute, disclose, disentangle, elaborate, evolve, expand, fade, inaugurate, institute, lay open, lead, lighten, loosen, loosen up, offer, open, open out, open up, pass, put up, ring up, shake out, sharpen, spread, spread out, strip, switch on, thaw, thaw out, throw open, tint, turn on, turn up, unbind, unbosom, unburden, uncase, unclasp, uncloak, unclose, unclothe, uncoil, uncover, uncross, uncurl, undo, unfold, unfurl, unhitch, unlock, unloose, unpack, unpin, unplait, unroll, unseal, unsnarl, unstop, untangle, unthread, untie, untwine, untwist, unwind, unwrap, usher in, whet, whiten, wind). (various references)

Turkmen 

meяdanзa (area, ground). (various references)

Ukrainian

розташовуватися (be situated, set), розташовувати (arrange, collocate, dispose, order, state, station), вибирати місце, місце перебування, місце для забудови. (various references)

Vietnamese 

vị trí đất xây dựng, nơi (locality, place, quarter), chỗ (locality, place, point, theatre). (various references)

situm, situs. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.