# site

Pronunciation: say "SYT" /saɪt/

## Noun

1. A collection of related web pages reached through the internet; a website.
   - Simple: A group of web pages you can open on the internet.
   - _The company launched a new site to sell its products online._
   - _I found the recipe on a popular cooking site._
2. The place or position where something is fixed, located, or situated.
   - Simple: The place where something is or stands.
   - _The monument's site overlooks the whole valley._
   - _Engineers studied the site of the collapsed bridge for clues._
3. A place chosen or prepared for a particular lasting use, such as building or settlement.
   - Simple: A piece of land chosen or made ready for a special use.
   - _They picked a level site for the new factory._
   - _After months of debate, the council chose a site on the edge of town for the new hospital._
5. A region of a protein, DNA, or RNA molecule where a specific chemical reaction or binding interaction takes place.
   - Simple: A spot on a protein, DNA, or RNA where a chemical change happens or another molecule attaches.
   - _Enzymes bind to a specific site on the DNA strand._
   - _The drug blocks the active site of the enzyme._
6. A part of the body that has been operated on; the surgical wound and surrounding tissue.
   - Simple: The place on the body where a doctor has done an operation.
   - _After her knee operation, the nurse checked the site twice a day for any sign of infection._
   - _A week after surgery, the site was still red and sore, so she called her doctor._
7. A computer installation, especially one connected to an intranet, internet service, or telecommunications network.
   - Simple: A set of computers set up to run a service, often linked to the internet or a phone network.
   - _If the main servers fail, a backup computing site takes over the network within minutes._
   - _Each branch site connects to headquarters through a secure line._

## Verb

4. To place or position a building or construction project in a particular location.
   - Simple: To choose where to put a building or project.
   - _Planners chose to site the new hospital near the highway._
   - _The factory was sited too close to the river and flooded._

## Other meanings

- (noun) A mathematical category equipped with a chosen Grothendieck topology.

## Origin

Latin situs, meaning a position, place, or site, was formed from sinere ("to put, lay, or set down"). It reached Middle English as site by way of Anglo-Norman, which used the same form. Sitio and situs are doublets of site.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/site (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).