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Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B2 — Upper-Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun the piece of land on which something is located (or is to be located)
  2. noun physical position in relation to the surroundings
  3. noun a computer connected to the internet that maintains a series of web pages on the World Wide Web

Etymology

From Middle English site, from Anglo-Norman site, from Latin situs (“position, place, site”), from sinere (“to put, lay, set down, usually let, suffer, permit”). Doublet of sitio and situs.

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Synonyms

land site

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