Meaning

(transitive) To place on or into a physical location..

Definitions by Sense

1. (transitive) To place on or into a physical location.
2. (transitive, figurative) To place or put into an intangible place or position, such as social, ethical, fictional, etc.
3. (now rare) Situated.
4. (heraldry) Situated; located.

Example Sentences

The statue is situated in a corner hardly visible to the public, except through a window from an outside maintenance area situated behind the building.

The mayor is situated between probable censure and possible recall.

Other critiques have not focussed on the lexicography but rather have situated Hobson-Jobson within a larger postcolonialist critique of the British imperial project.

In the following sections, I situate my work more explicitly within several contemporary contexts.

Wadley in Berkshire is situate in a vale, though not so fertile a soil as some vales afford […].

[…] the farm Kafferskraal No. 62 is not situate within a released area and its acquisition by the South African Native Trust is consequently not contemplated.

Pleasure situate in hill and dale.

[...] graunted unto ye sayd Arthure Herrys for his Creast on the heaulme a Stagges head losengy couppe siluer & gules horned gold situate on a wreathe gold & azure mantelled gules doubled siluer which togither w ye sayd ancient Armes viz[…] In the yere of our Lord God MCCCCClxxviij […]

Word Forms

• situates
• situating
• situated
• scituate
• more situate
• most situate

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When Should You Use Situate?

Use situate when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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