“sites” is a form of
site
/saɪt/ noun, verb
Forms sites siting sited scite
- noun The place where anything is fixed; situation; local position “the site of a city or of a house”
- noun A place fitted or chosen for any certain permanent use or occupation “a site for a church”
- noun The posture or position of a thing.
- noun A computer installation, particularly one associated with an intranet or internet service or telecommunications.
- noun (Internet) A website.
- noun (category theory) A category together with a choice of Grothendieck topology.
- noun Region of a protein, a piece of DNA or RNA where chemical reactions take place.
- noun A part of the body which has been operated on.
- verb To situate or place a building or construction project. “The U.K. government is dusting off an alternative plan to site the center at a military outfit such as Porton Down.”
Synonyms
land site situation web site website internet site locate place
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.
Webster’s 1913
- noun The place where anything is fixed; situation; local position; as, the site of a city or of a house. Chaucer.
- noun A place fitted or chosen for any certain permanent use or occupation; as, a site for a church.
Etymology [L. situs, fr. sinere, situm, to let, p. p. situs placed, lying, situate: cf. F. site. Cf. Position.]
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “site”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details