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situate
sit·u·ate S0439000 (sĭch′o͞o-āt′)tr.v. sit·u·at·ed, sit·u·at·ing, sit·u·ates 1. To place in a certain spot or position; locate: The statue is situated in the center of the fountain.2. To place in a given context, category, or set of circumstances: "It was hard for him to situate her in any of the usual categories reserved for women" (Jane Urquhart).adj. (-ĭt, -āt′) Archaic Situated. [Middle English, from Medieval Latin situāre, situāt-, to place, from Latin situs, location; see tkei- in Indo-European roots.]situate (ˈsɪtjʊˌeɪt) vb (tr; often passive) to allot a site to; place; locateadj (Law) (now used esp in legal contexts) situated; located[C16: from Late Latin situāre to position, from Latin situs a site]sit•u•ate (v. ˈsɪtʃ uˌeɪt; adj. -ɪt, -ˌeɪt) v. -at•ed, -at•ing, adj. v.t. 1. to put in or on a particular site or place; locate; establish. adj. 2. Archaic. located; placed; situated. [1515–25; < Late Latin situātus situated = Latin situ-, s. of situs site + -ātus -ate1] situate Past participle: situated Gerund: situating
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I situate | you situate | he/she/it situates | we situate | you situate | they situate |
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I situated | you situated | he/she/it situated | we situated | you situated | they situated |
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I am situating | you are situating | he/she/it is situating | we are situating | you are situating | they are situating |
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I have situated | you have situated | he/she/it has situated | we have situated | you have situated | they have situated |
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I was situating | you were situating | he/she/it was situating | we were situating | you were situating | they were situating |
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I had situated | you had situated | he/she/it had situated | we had situated | you had situated | they had situated |
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I will situate | you will situate | he/she/it will situate | we will situate | you will situate | they will situate |
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I will have situated | you will have situated | he/she/it will have situated | we will have situated | you will have situated | they will have situated |
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I will be situating | you will be situating | he/she/it will be situating | we will be situating | you will be situating | they will be situating |
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I have been situating | you have been situating | he/she/it has been situating | we have been situating | you have been situating | they have been situating |
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I will have been situating | you will have been situating | he/she/it will have been situating | we will have been situating | you will have been situating | they will have been situating |
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I had been situating | you had been situating | he/she/it had been situating | we had been situating | you had been situating | they had been situating |
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I would situate | you would situate | he/she/it would situate | we would situate | you would situate | they would situate |
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I would have situated | you would have situated | he/she/it would have situated | we would have situated | you would have situated | they would have situated | ThesaurusVerb | 1. | situate - determine or indicate the place, site, or limits of, as if by an instrument or by a survey; "Our sense of sight enables us to locate objects in space"; "Locate the boundaries of the property"locateascertain, determine, find out, find - establish after a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study; "find the product of two numbers"; "The physicist who found the elusive particle won the Nobel Prize"acquire - locate (a moving entity) by means of a tracking system such as radarradiolocate - locate by means of radar; "The pilot managed to radiolocate the lost aircraft"map - locate within a specific region of a chromosome in relation to known DNA or gene sequences; "map the genes"localise, localize, place - identify the location or place of; "We localized the source of the infection"base - situate as a center of operations; "we will base this project in the new lab" | | 2. | situate - put (something somewhere) firmly; "She posited her hand on his shoulder"; "deposit the suitcase on the bench"; "fix your eyes on this spot"posit, deposit, fixbury - place in the earth and cover with soil; "They buried the stolen goods"lay, place, put, set, position, pose - put into a certain place or abstract location; "Put your things here"; "Set the tray down"; "Set the dogs on the scent of the missing children"; "Place emphasis on a certain point"sediment - deposit as a sediment |
situateverb locate, set, base, position, site The pain was situated above and below the eyes.situateverbTo put in or assign to a certain position or location:emplace, install, locate, place, position, set, site, spot.Translationssituersituaresituazioneallineareimpiegometteresituate
situate (now used esp in legal contexts) situated; located See SIT See SITsituate
Synonyms for situateverb locateSynonyms- locate
- set
- base
- position
- site
Synonyms for situateverb to put in or assign to a certain position or locationSynonyms- emplace
- install
- locate
- place
- position
- set
- site
- spot
Synonyms for situateverb determine or indicate the place, site, or limits of, as if by an instrument or by a surveySynonymsRelated Words- ascertain
- determine
- find out
- find
- acquire
- radiolocate
- map
- localise
- localize
- place
- base
verb put (something somewhere) firmlySynonymsRelated Words- bury
- lay
- place
- put
- set
- position
- pose
- sediment
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