situate

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B2 — Upper-Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. verb determine or indicate the place, site, or limits of, as if by an instrument or by a survey
  2. verb put (something somewhere) firmly

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin situātus, past participle of Medieval Latin situō (“to locate, place”), from Latin situs (“a site”).

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Synonyms

locate

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