Site

• POS: Noun, Verb (transitive)

CIDE DICTIONARY

Site, n. [L. situs, fr. sinere, situm, to let, p. p. situs placed, lying, situate: cf. F. site. Cf. Position.].

•  The place where anything is fixed; situation; local position; as, the site of a city or of a house.  Chaucer.  [1913 Webster]
•  A place fitted or chosen for any certain permanent use or occupation; as, a site for a church.  [1913 Webster]
•  The posture or position of a thing.  [1913 Webster]

  "The semblance of a lover fixed
  In melancholy site."  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

Site, n. & v.
1 the ground chosen or used for a town or building.
2 a place where some activity is or has been conducted (camping site; launching site).
--v.tr.
1 locate or place.
2 provide with a site.

Etymology

ME f. AF site or L situs local position

THESAURUS

Site

abode, agora, amphitheater, area, arena, athletic field, auditorium, background, bear garden, bearings, bench mark, bowl, boxing ring, bull ring, campus, canvas, circus, cockpit, coliseum, colosseum, course, district, emplacement, field, floor, forum, ground, gym, gymnasium, hall, haunt, hippodrome, hole, home, install, latitude and longitude, lieu, lists, locale, locality, locate, location, locus, marketplace, mat, milieu, mise-en-scene, open forum, orientation, palaestra, parade ground, pinpoint, pit, place, placement, plat, platform, plot, point, position, precinct, prize ring, public square, purlieu, purlieus, put, range, region, ring, scene, scene of action, scenery, setting, situate, situation, situs, sphere, spot, squared circle, stadium, stage, stage set, stage setting, stamping ground, station, stead, terrain, theater, tilting ground, tiltyard, walk, where, whereabout, whereabouts, wrestling ring

ROGET THESAURUS

Site

Situation

N situation, position, locality, locale, status, latitude and longitude, footing, standing, standpoint, post, stage, aspect, attitude, posture, pose, environment, surroundings (location), circumjacence, place, site, station, seat, venue, whereabouts, ground, bearings, spot, topography, geography, chorography, map, situate, situated, local, topical, topographical, in situ, in loco, here and there, passim, hereabouts, thereabouts, whereabouts, in place, here, there, in such and such surroundings, in such and such environs, in such and such entourage, amidst such and such surroundings, amidst such and such environs, amidst such and such entourage.