Antonyms for site


Grammar : Noun
Spell : sahyt
Phonetic Transcription : saɪt


Definition of site

Origin :
  • "place or position occupied by something," especially with reference to environment, late 14c., from Anglo-French site, Old French site "place, site; position," and directly from Latin situs "a place, position, situation, location, station; idleness, sloth, inactivity; forgetfulness; the effects of neglect," from past participle of sinere "let, leave alone, permit," from PIE *si-tu-, from root *tkei- "to settle, dwell, be home" (see home (n.)).
  • noun place of activity
Example sentences :
  • No doubt the site of this early structure has long ago been submerged.
  • Extract from : « Yorkshire Painted And Described » by Gordon Home
  • The site for his house had been selected and the cellar was being excavated.
  • Extract from : « Her Father's Daughter » by Gene Stratton-Porter
  • It stands upon a site which has been consecrated to the service of God for many centuries.
  • Extract from : « English Villages » by P. H. Ditchfield
  • On the site of British earthworks the Romans established their camps.
  • Extract from : « English Villages » by P. H. Ditchfield
  • Some have been pulled down entirely, and the site used for gaols or barracks.
  • Extract from : « English Villages » by P. H. Ditchfield
  • The site of the school house was near Kingsbury's, on the ridge road.
  • Extract from : « Cleveland Past and Present » by Maurice Joblin
  • These caissons are brought to the site of the proposed pier, and are there sunk.
  • Extract from : « Scientific American Supplement, No. 417 » by Various
  • A dispute arose as to the site of Goldsmith's Deserted Village.
  • Extract from : « The Book of Anecdotes and Budget of Fun; » by Various
  • They topped a rise of ground and came to the site of the dig.
  • Extract from : « The Hohokam Dig » by Theodore Pratt
  • The present building occupies the site of the one he erected.
  • Extract from : « England, Picturesque and Descriptive » by Joel Cook

Synonyms for site

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