SITUATED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does situated mean? 

• SITUATED (adjective)
  The adjective SITUATED has 1 sense:

1. situated in a particular spot or position

  Familiarity information: SITUATED used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SITUATED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Situated in a particular spot or position

Synonyms:

located; placed; set; situated

Context example:

nicely situated on a quiet riverbank

Similar:

settled (established in a desired position or place; not moving about)

 Context examples 

Then I recalled where I was, and how situated.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

Constituting or relating to a tail; situated near the tail.

(Caudal, NCI Thesaurus)

Situated or occurring outside the nerve or nerves.

(Extraneural, NCI Thesaurus)

A small, unpaired gland situated in the sella turcica tissue.

(Murine Pituitary Gland, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

So long divided and so differently situated, the ties of blood were little more than nothing.

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)

A hot, metallic, Earth-sized planet with a density similar to Mercury – situated 339 million light-years away — has been detected and characterised by a global team of astronomers.

(Mercury Not as Rare as Previously Thought, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

"No, not all," answered Marianne; "we could not be more unfortunately situated."

(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)

The lowest superficial part of the heart which is situated behind the left 5th intercostal space.

(Apex of the Heart, NCI Thesaurus)

A lesion in which the normally situated glands are partially or completely replaced by atypical cells with malignant characteristics.

(Adenocarcinoma in situ, NCI Thesaurus)

Situated on or along or in the direction of an axis.

(Axial, NCI Thesaurus)