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- [sahyt]
- /saɪt/
- /saɪt/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [sahyt]
- /saɪt/
Definitions of siting word
- noun siting the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment: the site of our summer cabin. 1
- noun siting the area or exact plot of ground on which anything is, has been, or is to be located: the site of ancient Troy. 1
- noun siting Computers. website. 1
- verb with object siting to place in or provide with a site; locate. 1
- verb with object siting to put in position for operation, as artillery: to site a cannon. 1
- noun siting the location or site (of) 0
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Origin of siting
First appearance:
before 1350 One of the 20% oldest English words
1350-1400; Middle English < Latin situs position, arrangement, site (presumably orig. “leaving, setting down”), equivalent to si-, variant stem of sinere to leave, allow to be + -tus suffix of v. action
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Parts of speech for Siting
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
siting popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 95% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
siting usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for siting
noun siting
- laying — to put or place in a horizontal position or position of rest; set down: to lay a book on a desk.
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