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verb
- 1. fix or build (something) in a certain place or position: "the pilot light is usually situated at the front of the boiler"
adjective
- 1. situated: archaic "the petty sessions area in which it is situate"
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to put something in a particular position: They plan to situate the bus stop at the corner of the road. To understand this issue, it must first be situated in its context. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Placing and positioning an object. -based. appose. around. change something around. circle. consign. fit. gone. install. lie.
The meaning of SITUATE is having a site : located. How to use situate in a sentence.
to put something in a particular position: They plan to situate the bus stop at the corner of the road. To understand this issue, it must first be situated in its context. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Placing and positioning an object. -based. appose. around. change something around. circle. consign. fit. gone. install. plant.
Situate definition: to put in or on a particular site or place; locate.. See examples of SITUATE used in a sentence.
If you situate something such as an idea or fact in a particular context, you relate it to that context, especially in order to understand it better.
situate something + adv./prep. to consider how an idea, event, etc. is related to other things that influence your view of it. Let me try and situate the events in their historical context.
When you situate something, you figure out where it should go or exactly where it is. You might, for example, use a compass to situate the hunting camp you're building on your grandfather's land.
