sitenoun [ C ]
uk/saɪt/us/saɪt/site noun [ C ] (PLACE)
B1 a place where something is, was, or will be built, or where something happened, is happening, or will happen:
a building site
The company hasn't yet chosen the site for the new hospital.
This is the site of the accident.
on site
C1 inside a factory, office building, etc.:
There are two restaurants on site.
The office complex has an on-site nursery.
More examples
- a derelict site
- They're planning to develop the whole site into a shopping complex.
- Armed guards are posted around the site.
- Houses have been built on the periphery of the factory site.
- So far, only the westerly part of the site has been developed.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Places and locations
- a place for everything and everything in its place idiom
- action
- core
- direction
- ground zero
- heartland
- location
- lot
- oxygen bar
- place
- point
- scene
- seat
- set
- setting
- situation
- spot
- stronghold
- the holy of holies
- venue
See more results »
site noun [ C ] (INTERNET)
A2 a website
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Internet terminology
- .co.uk
- all-you-can-eat
- API
- app
- banner
- BBS
- bitcoin
- bounce
- e-commerce
- firewall
- instant messaging
- ISP
- JPEG
- MySpace
- troll
- unlike
- vlog
- VOD
- Web 2.0
- web-enabled
See more results »
site noun [ C ] (TENT)
[ C ] US UK pitch the piece of ground on which you can put up a tent, park a caravan, etc.:
We chose a large, level site for our tent.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Camping
- backpacker
- billy
- bivvy
- bivvy sack
- camp
- campfire
- campground
- camping
- canvas
- caravan park
- cot
- flysheet
- glamping
- groundcloth
- groundsheet
- lean-to
- peg
- peg sth out
- pitch
- trailer park
See more results »
siteverb [ T usually + adv/prep ]
uk/saɪt/us/saɪt/formalto exist or be built in a particular place:
The company's head office is sited in Rome.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Placing and positioning an object
- -based
- appose
- bung
- change sth around
- consign
- consign sb/sth to sth
- fit
- install
- manoeuvre
- perch
- position
- sandwich sb/sth between sb/sth
- sandwich sth together
- set sb down
- set sth down
- shelve
- shove
- stand
- stuff
- whack
See more results »