site (n.)

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

    [ Syn: land site ]

  2. physical position in relation to the surroundings; the sites are determined by highly specific sequences of nucleotides

    [ Syn: situation ]

  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

    [ Syn: web site , website , internet site ]

    site (v.)

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

    [ Syn: locate , place ]

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