Situate

  

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Situate

Definition: Situate

Situate

Verb

1. Determine or indicate the place, site, or limits of; "Our sense of sight enables us to locate objects in space"; "Can you locate China on the map?".

2. Put (something somewhere) firmly; ""She posited her hand on his shoulder"; "deposit the suitcase on the bench"; "fix your eyes on this spot".

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

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

 

Synonyms: Situate

Synonyms: deposit (v), fix (v), locate (v), posit (v). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Situate

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Location

Verb: place, situate, locate, localize, make a place for, put, lay, set, seat, station, lodge, quarter, post, install; house, stow; establish, fix, pin, root; graft; plant; (insert); shelve, pitch, camp, lay down, deposit, reposit; cradle; moor, tether, picket; pack, tuck in; embed, imbed; vest, invest in.

Adjective: placed; Verb: situate, posited, ensconced, imbedded, embosomed, rooted; domesticated; vested in, unremoved.

Situation

Verb: be situated, be situate; lie, have its seat in.

Adjective: situate, situated; local, topical, topographical; n.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Situate

English words defined with "situate": -ate. (references)
Specialty definitions using "situate": City of LanternsDodona, Duke's. (references)

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Usage Frequency: Situate

"Situate" is generally used as a lexical verb (infinitive) -- approximately 56.76% of the time. "Situate" is used about 37 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Lexical Verb (infinitive)56.76%2176,261
Lexical Verb (base form)24.32%9117,287
Adjective (general or positive)18.92%7133,076
                    Total100.00%37N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Situate

Language Translations for "situate"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

vendos (arrange, be determined, Canton, choose, compose, conclude, dare, decide, determine, dispose, elect, elicit, emplace, establish, fix, house, induct, instal, install, instate, judge, lay, locate, make up one's mind, place, propose, put, quarter, recline, resolve, rule, seat, set, settle, station, Stow, take the plunge, will), ngre (boost, build up, carve, cast up, chant, elevate, erect, establish, heft, heighten, hike, hitch, hoist, hold up, jerk up, kilt, lift, lift up, look up, move up, peak, pick up, propound, raise, rear, rebel, revolt, ring up, rout, run up, scoop up, set up, soar, Square, straighten, take off, throw up, trice, up, upheave, uplift, upraise, wake up, weigh, wind up). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏وضعه في مركز معين, ‏عين موقعا. (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

разполагам (collocate, dispose, pitch, position, settle, site), поставям (affix, apply, deposit, do, laid, lay, pass, pitch, place, pose, posit, position, produce, put, put on, put up, set, set up, shrink on, site, stage). (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

位于 (locate, located, locating, situated). (various references)

   

Czech

  

umístit (emplace, fit in, house, locate, place, plant, position, station). (various references)

   

Farsi 

  

واقع شده (Set), جاگرفتن (Hold), درمحلی گذاردن (Place). (various references)

   

French

  

situons, situez, situer (site), situent, placer (site). (various references)

   

German

  

unterbringen (accommodate, bestow, fit in, fix up, get in, house, Lodge, place, put, put up, quarter, settle, to host, to house), legen (bring down, fold, lay, lay down, lead, locate, place, placement, plant, put, put back, put down, put in, recline, set, settle, site, siting, to lay, to recline), hinstellen (describe, in view of, move, Park, placement, put down, put up), aufstellen (arrange, array, collect together, deploy, deployment, dispose, draw up, embattle, erect, establish, fix up, install, lay, lay down, line up, make out, make up, Marshal, Mount, nominate, pick, pitch, placement, play, pose, posit, position, post, prick up, put forward, put on, put out, put up, raise, range, select, set, set out, set up, stand up, station, to embattle, to post). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

θέτω (bring forward, lay, place, put, set, station). (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

למקם (localise, localize, locate, place, site, spot). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

kijelöl (allot, appoint, assign, designate, doom, lay out, mark off, mark out, tell off, to appoint, to assign, to designate, to fix on, to lay out, to mark out, to reassign, to set out, to trace out), elhelyez (fix up, house, instal, install, locate, Lodge, place, quarter, set, settle, space, Stow, to accommodate, to depose, to fix up, to install, to park, to place, to plant, to recess, to seat, to stow). (various references)

   

Italian

  

situare (be situated, locate, place, site), mettere (cause, charge, get, install, lay down, locate, place, plant, pop, put, put down, put in, put on, set, set up, stand, take, to put, tuck, wear), collocare (arrange, article, collocate, find employment, lay, Lodge, place, place oneself, plant, position, put, range, seat, set, site, stand, Stow), allineare (align, dress, embattle, fall into line, install, line, line up, put up, range, set up). (various references)

   

Korean 

  

"으십시". (various references)

   

Manx

  

soie (bottom, bottom as boat, invest, man-handle; sitting, mount, mounting; resting place, seating, session, sit), soiaghey (beset, determine, fix, implant, incursion, installation, let, letting, mounting, pitch, place, plant, posture, repose, seat, set, set up, setting, settle, situation, station, synchronize). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ituatesay.(various references)

   

Portuguese

  

situar (locate), localizar (allocate, localise, localize, locate, position, refer, track), estabelecer (base, build up, constitute, determine, enplane, enter into, erect, establish, fix, fix up, found, implant, impose, institute, lay down, make, make out, make up, ordain, organize, prescribe, seat, set, set up, settle, stipulate). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

situa (lay, place, site), plasa (fix, get in, interpose, invest, lay, lay down, Lodge, place, position, post, put, put down, site, station), aşeza (arrange, bed, beset, bestow, build, collocate, dispose, encase, establish, fall, fix, impose, lay, lay down, place, position, put, put down, put on, repose, seat, set, settle, stack, stand, stick, Stow, subside). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

располагать (arrange, be in possession of, collocate, dispose, housed, incline, siting, situates, situating). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

situirati (place), postaviti (appoint, designate, induct, instal, install, mount, pad, picket, pitch, place, plant, pose, posit, post, put, quilt, seat, set, set out, set up, string). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

ubicar (accommodate, locate, lodge), situar (lay, place, position, set, site). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

placera (deposit, drape, fix, invest, Lodge, Mount, Park, perch, place, plant, posit, position, put, seat, set, settle, sit, site), lägga (fix, lay, lay down, Lodge, place, put, put down, rest, set, settle), anbringa (apply, fit, fix, Mount, place, put). (various references)

   

Thai

  

ตั้งอยู่ที่. (various references)

   

Turkish

  

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, site, slot, spot, Square, station, Stow), yerleşmiş (confirmed, domicilled, engrained, established, ingrained, inveterate, sedentary, situated, staple), yerleşik (based, entrenched, prescriptive, sedentary, settled, situated, stationary), yerini belirlemek (localize, pinpoint, place, plot, position), kurulu (situated). (various references)

   

Ukrainian

  

створювати умови, розміщати (collocate), відводити ділянку. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Situate

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Latin500 BCE-Modern

situs. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Bible Trace: Situate

LanguageDateSource1 Samuel Chapter 14, Verse 5
Greek (transliterated)250 BCSeptuagintH odoV h mia apo borra ercomenw macmaV kai h odoV h allh apo notou ercomenw gabee
Latin405VulgateUnus scopulus prominens ad aquilonem ex adverso Machmas et alter a meridie contra Gabaa
Middle English1395WyclifO litil roche ful heey at the north ayens Machynas to fiyten, and another at the south ayens Gabaa.
Jacobean English1611King JamesThe forefront of the one was situate northward over against Michmash, and the other southward over against Gibeah.
Victorian English1833WebsterThe front of the one was situated northward over against Michmash, and the other southward over against Gibeah.
Basic English1964OgdenThe one rock went up on the north in front of Michmash and the other on the south in front of Geba.

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

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Matched Bible Translations: Situate

Language1 Samuel Chapter 14, Verse 5
CebuanoAng usa ka pangpang mituybo dapit sa amihanan atbang sa Michmas, ug ang usa sa habagatan atbang sa Geba.
CroatianPrva je litica stajala na sjeveru nasuprot Mikmasu, a druga na jugu nasuprot Gebi.
DanishDen ene Spids rager i Vejret på Nordsiden ud for Mikmas, den anden på Sydsiden ud for Geba.
DutchDe ene tand was gelegen tegen het noorden, tegenover Michmas, en de andere tegen het zuiden, tegenover Geba.
FinnishToinen kallionkieleke on kuin pylväs, pohjoisen puolella, Mikmaaseen päin, toinen on etelän puolella, Gebaan päin.
FrenchL`une de ces dents est au nord vis- -vis de Micmasch, et l`autre au midi vis- -vis de Guéba.
GermanUnd einer sah von Mitternacht gegen Michmas und der andere von Mittag gegen Geba.
HungarianAz egyik sziklacsúcs északra volt, Mikmás átellenében, és a másik délre, Géba átellenében.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hariBatu karang yang di sebelah utara menghadap ke Mikhmas, dan yang di sebelah selatan menghadap ke Geba.
Indonesian-Terjemahan LamaMaka curam satu arah ke utara bertentangan dengan Mikhmas, dan satunya arah ke selatan bertentangan dengan Geba.
ItalianUna delle rocce sporgenti era di fronte a Micmas a settentrione, l'altra era di fronte a G baa a meridione.
MaoriI te raki tetahi pari e tu ana, i te ritenga atu o Mikimaha; i te tonga tetahi, i te ritenga atu o Kipea.
NorwegianDen ene klippe reiser sig bratt i nord midt imot Mikmas, den andre i syd midt imot Geba.
PortugueseUm deles estava para o norte defronte de Micmás, e o outro para o sul defronte de Gibeá.   
RumanianUnul din aceste piscuri este la miazqnoapte, fayq kn fayq cu Micmaw, wi celalt la miazqzi, fayq kn fayq cu Gheba.
RussianП"ОБ УЛБМБ ЧЩ"БЧБМБУШ У УЕЧЕТБ Л нЙИНБУХ, "ТХЗБС У АЗБ Л зЙЧЕ.
SpanishUno de los peñascos estaba situado al norte, hacia Micmas; y el otro al sur, hacia Gabaa.
SwedishDen ena klippan reste sig i norr, mitt emot Mikmas, den andra i söder, mitt emot Geba.

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

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Derivations & Misspellings: Situate

Derivations

Words beginning with "situate": situated, situates. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Situate" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: sitat, sitaut, situade, situater, situative, staute. (additional references)

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

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Rhyming with "Situate"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "situate" (pronounced si"khuwā't)
4-kh uw ā' teffectuate, infatuate, punctuate.
3-uw ā' tattenuate, devaluate, evaluate, extenuate, reevaluate.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Situate

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-e-i-s-t-t-u"

-1 letter: astute, statue.

-2 letters: etuis, saute, state, suite, sutta, taste, tates, tauts, teats, testa.

-3 letters: aits, ates, east, eats, etas, etui, sate, sati, seat, seta, sett, site, stat, stet, suet, suit, tate, tats, taus, taut, teas, teat, test, tets, ties, tuis, tuts, utas.

-4 letters: ais, ait, ate, att, eat, eau, eta, its, sae, sat, sau.

 Words containing the letters "a-e-i-s-t-t-u"
 

+1 letter: eustatic, situated, situates.

 

+2 letters: altitudes, aptitudes, attitudes, auntliest, austenite, austerity, auteurist, autunites, fatuities, faultiest, fustigate, intubates, jauntiest, latitudes, literatus, mutilates, quaintest, rusticate, squattier, stimulate, stipulate, tessitura, tunicates, uintaites, ultimates, urticates, vastitude, vaultiest.

 

+3 letters: acquitters, antiquates, attributes, austenites, austenitic, auteurists, autotomies, autotypies, beatitudes, cultivates, elutriates, enthusiast, flauntiest, fustigated, fustigates, gratitudes, gratuities, habituates, haughtiest, illustrate, infatuates, maturities, micturates, multistage, multistate, naughtiest, neutralist, pantsuited, paupiettes, platitudes, quantities, quartzites, quittances, rusticated, rusticates, squattiest, statuaries, staurolite, stimulated, stimulates, stipulated, stipulates, stridulate, tessituras, testicular, textuaries, titularies, traumatise, tribulates, tribunates, triturates, truantries, turbinates, tutelaries, uintahites, vastitudes.

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

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage Frequency
5. Translations: Modern
6. Translations: Ancient
7. Bible Trace
8. Derivations
9. Rhymes
10. Anagrams
11. Bibliography


  

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