Verb
They decided to situate the new office building near the airport.
We situated ourselves in the seats nearest the exit.
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Adjective
Add Accent Trees To add beauty and additional shade to a front yard, carefully situate accent trees between the street and the house.—Viveka Neveln, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 Feb. 2023
Verb
And there’s a glorious selection of rental homes and condos situated on both the ocean and the harbor.—Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 22 Feb. 2025 Mansions from Melville’s era and even older homes still stand in New Bedford, Mass., roughly 50 miles south of Boston and situated along the Acushnet River on the state’s southern shore.—Josh Ocampo, New York Times, 19 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for situate
Word History
Etymology
Adjective
Middle English, from Late Latin situatus, from Latin situs
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