SITE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does site mean? 

• SITE (noun)
  The noun SITE has 3 senses:

1. the piece of land on which something is located (or is to be located)

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

  Familiarity information: SITE used as a noun is uncommon.

• SITE (verb)
  The verb SITE has 1 sense:

1. assign a location to

  Familiarity information: SITE used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SITE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The piece of land on which something is located (or is to be located)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

land site; site

Context example:

a good site for the school

Hypernyms ("site" is a kind of...):

parcel; parcel of land; piece of ground; piece of land; tract (an extended area of land)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "site"):

burial ground; burial site; burying ground; cemetery; graveyard; memorial park; necropolis (a tract of land used for burials)

Superfund site; toxic site; toxic waste area (a site where toxic wastes have been dumped and the Environmental Protection Agency has designated them to be cleaned up)

tee; teeing ground (the starting place for each hole on a golf course)

rough (the part of a golf course bordering the fairway where the grass is not cut short)

premises (land and the buildings on it)

monument (an important site that is marked and preserved as public property)

launching site (a place for launching pads)

green; putting green; putting surface (an area of closely cropped grass surrounding the hole on a golf course)

fairway (the area between the tee and putting green where the grass is cut short)

dump; dumpsite; garbage dump; rubbish dump; trash dump; waste-yard; wasteyard (a piece of land where waste materials are dumped)

archeological site; dig; excavation (the site of an archeological exploration)

bivouac; campground; camping area; camping ground; camping site; campsite; encampment (a site where people on holiday can pitch a tent)

bomb site (an area in a town that has been devastated by bombs)

apron ((golf) the part of the fairway leading onto the green)

camp; summer camp (a site where care and activities are provided for children during the summer months)

Instance hyponyms:

ground zero (the site of the World Trade Center before it was destroyed)

Lateran (the site in Rome containing the church of Rome and the Lateran Palace)

Derivation:

site (assign a location to)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Physical position in relation to the surroundings

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

site; situation

Context example:

the sites are determined by highly specific sequences of nucleotides

Hypernyms ("site" is a kind of...):

place; position (the particular portion of space occupied by something)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "site"):

active site (the part of an enzyme or antibody where the chemical reaction occurs)

close quarters (a situation of being uncomfortably close to someone or something)

locus (the specific site of a particular gene on its chromosome)

locus of infection (the specific site in the body where an infection originates)

restriction site (the specific sites at which a restriction enzyme will cleave DNA)

antigenic determinant; determinant; epitope (the site on the surface of an antigen molecule to which an antibody attaches itself)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A computer connected to the internet that maintains a series of web pages on the World Wide Web

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

internet site; site; web site; website

Context example:

the Israeli web site was damaged by hostile hackers

Hypernyms ("site" is a kind of...):

computer; computing device; computing machine; data processor; electronic computer; information processing system (a machine for performing calculations automatically)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "site"):

portal; portal site (a site that the owner positions as an entrance to other sites on the internet)

chat room; chatroom (a site on the internet where a number of users can communicate in real time (typically one dedicated to a particular topic))

• SITE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they site    ... he / she / it sites   
Past simple: sited   
Past participle: sited   
-ing form: siting   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Assign a location to

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Synonyms:

locate; place; site

Context example:

The company located some of their agents in Los Angeles

Hypernyms (to "site" is one way to...):

place; post; send; station (assign to a station)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something

Derivation:

site (the piece of land on which something is located (or is to be located))

 Context examples 

The tibia is the most commonly affected site.

(Adamantinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

A carcinoma that has spread to the bone from another, primary anatomic site.

(Metastatic Carcinoma to the Bone, NCI Thesaurus)

In some cases, metaplastic changes alone may mean there is an increased chance of cancer developing at the site.

(Metaplastic carcinoma, NCI Dictionary)

A carcinoma that arises from the intestinal tract of the mouse and has spread to other anatomic sites.

(Metastatic Carcinoma of the Mouse Intestinal Tract, NCI Thesaurus)

The team validated the tallest tree’s height, and collected samples from the understory to try to understand what makes this site so special.

(Expedition finds tallest tree in the Amazon, University of Cambridge)

It contains phosphorylation sites, N-terminal DH and PH domains, and an N-terminal EF-hand motif.

(A Kinase Anchor Protein 13, NCI Thesaurus)

Having to do with metastasis, which is the spread of cancer from the primary site (place where it started) to other places in the body.

(Metastatic, NCI Dictionary)

An artifact resulting from excess signal at the injection site.

(Activity at Injection Site, NCI Thesaurus)

A pheochromocytoma occurring in the adrenal gland (which is the typical site of pheochromocytomas). — 2004

(Adrenal Gland Pheochromocytoma, NCI Thesaurus)

The most common site of involvement is the extremity, particularly the deep soft tissues of the thigh.

(Adult Alveolar Soft Part Sarcoma, NCI Thesaurus)