Situate
['sɪtʃʊeɪt;-tjʊ-] or ['sɪtʃʊet]
Definition
(verb.) put (something somewhere) firmly; 'She posited her hand on his shoulder'; 'deposit the suitcase on the bench'; 'fix your eyes on this spot'.
(verb.) 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'.
Typist: Ruben--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Alt. of Situated
(v. t.) To place.
Editor: Wilma
Definition
adj. set or permanently fixed: placed with respect to other objects: residing.—ns. Situā′tion the place where anything is situated: position: temporary state: condition: any group of circumstances a juncture: a critical point in the action of a play or the development the plot of a novel: office employment; Sī′tus site: the proper place of an organ &c.: locality in law.
Checker: Muriel
Examples
- We entered the playground enclosure, and walked by the schoolroom window to get round to the door, which was situated at the back of the building. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Cleveland was a spacious, modern-built house, situated on a sloping lawn. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- The latter place was a large, comfortable dwelling, beautifully situated among woods about a mile to the northeast of Chesterfield. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- Fort Fisher was situated upon a low, flat peninsula north of Cape Fear River. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- The next day she proceeded to the Asylum, which was situated not far from London on the northern side of the metropolis. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Stone Lodge was situated on a moor within a mile or two of a great town—called Coketown in the present faithful guide-book. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- Then I recalled where I was, and how situated. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
Editor: Miles