situate

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   To place on or into a physical location.

   • 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.
2. 2

   To place or put into an intangible place or position, such as social, ethical, fictional,…

   To place or put into an intangible place or position, such as social, ethical, fictional, etc.

   • 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.
3. 3

   Situated.

   • Wadley in Berkshire is situate in a vale, though not so fertile a soil as some vales afford […].
   • Pleasure situate in hill and dale.
   • […] 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.
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   1. 4

      Situated

      Situated; located.

The neighborhood

• neighborsite
• neighborsituation