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Definition: Situate |
SituateVerb1. 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: SituateSynonyms: deposit (v), fix (v), locate (v), posit (v). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms 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. | |
Crosswords: Situate |
| English words defined with "situate": -ate. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "situate": City of Lanterns ♦ Dodona, Duke's. (references) |
| "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 Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 56.76% | 21 | 76,261 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 24.32% | 9 | 117,287 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 18.92% | 7 | 133,076 |
| Total | 100.00% | 37 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| 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. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | situs. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | 1 Samuel Chapter 14, Verse 5 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | H odoV h mia apo borra ercomenw macmaV kai h odoV h allh apo notou ercomenw gabee |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Unus scopulus prominens ad aquilonem ex adverso Machmas et alter a meridie contra Gabaa |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | O litil roche ful heey at the north ayens Machynas to fiyten, and another at the south ayens Gabaa. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | The forefront of the one was situate northward over against Michmash, and the other southward over against Gibeah. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | The front of the one was situated northward over against Michmash, and the other southward over against Gibeah. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | The 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. | |||
| Language | 1 Samuel Chapter 14, Verse 5 |
| Cebuano | Ang usa ka pangpang mituybo dapit sa amihanan atbang sa Michmas, ug ang usa sa habagatan atbang sa Geba. |
| Croatian | Prva je litica stajala na sjeveru nasuprot Mikmasu, a druga na jugu nasuprot Gebi. |
| Danish | Den ene Spids rager i Vejret på Nordsiden ud for Mikmas, den anden på Sydsiden ud for Geba. |
| Dutch | De ene tand was gelegen tegen het noorden, tegenover Michmas, en de andere tegen het zuiden, tegenover Geba. |
| Finnish | Toinen kallionkieleke on kuin pylväs, pohjoisen puolella, Mikmaaseen päin, toinen on etelän puolella, Gebaan päin. |
| French | L`une de ces dents est au nord vis- -vis de Micmasch, et l`autre au midi vis- -vis de Guéba. |
| German | Und einer sah von Mitternacht gegen Michmas und der andere von Mittag gegen Geba. |
| Hungarian | Az egyik sziklacsúcs északra volt, Mikmás átellenében, és a másik délre, Géba átellenében. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Batu karang yang di sebelah utara menghadap ke Mikhmas, dan yang di sebelah selatan menghadap ke Geba. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Maka curam satu arah ke utara bertentangan dengan Mikhmas, dan satunya arah ke selatan bertentangan dengan Geba. |
| Italian | Una delle rocce sporgenti era di fronte a Micmas a settentrione, l'altra era di fronte a G baa a meridione. |
| Maori | I te raki tetahi pari e tu ana, i te ritenga atu o Mikimaha; i te tonga tetahi, i te ritenga atu o Kipea. |
| Norwegian | Den ene klippe reiser sig bratt i nord midt imot Mikmas, den andre i syd midt imot Geba. |
| Portuguese | Um deles estava para o norte defronte de Micmás, e o outro para o sul defronte de Gibeá. |
| Rumanian | Unul din aceste piscuri este la miazqnoapte, fayq kn fayq cu Micmaw, wi celalt la miazqzi, fayq kn fayq cu Gheba. |
| Russian | П"ОБ УЛБМБ ЧЩ"БЧБМБУШ У УЕЧЕТБ Л нЙИНБУХ, "ТХЗБС У АЗБ Л зЙЧЕ. |
| Spanish | Uno de los peñascos estaba situado al norte, hacia Micmas; y el otro al sur, hacia Gabaa. |
| Swedish | Den 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. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "situate": situated, situates. (additional references) | |
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"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). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "situate" (pronounced si"khuwā't) |
| 4 | -kh uw ā' t | effectuate, infatuate, punctuate. |
| 3 | -uw ā' t | attenuate, devaluate, evaluate, extenuate, reevaluate. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
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. | |
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| 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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