situate

Syllables: sit·u·ate/ˈsɪt͡ʃ.u.eɪt/

situate verb: to place on or into a physical location.

Verb

situate (third-person singular simple present situates, present participle situating, simple past and past participle situated)

(transitive) 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.
(figuratively, transitive) 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.2018, James Lambert, “Setting the Record Straight: An In-depth Examination of Hobson-Jobson”, in International Journal of Lexicography, volume 31, number 4, →DOI, page 487

IPA/ˈsɪt͡ʃ.u.ət/

situate (comparative more situate, superlative most situate)

(archaic) Situated.
- Wadley in Berkshire is situate in a vale, though not so fertile a soil as some vales afford […]., II.ii.3
- Pleasure situate in hill and dale.1667, John Milton, “(please specify the page number)”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker...
Situated; located.
- [...] 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 […]1917, Miscellanea Genealogica Et Heraldica, page 218
- The arms of the College of Surgeons in Endinburgh, I fancy, afford the only instance of what is presumably a corpse, the blazon being: "Azure, a man (human body) fesswise between a dexter hand having an eye on the palm issuing out of a cloud downward and a castle situate on a rock proper, within a...2013, Arthur Charles Fox-Davies, A Complete Guide To Heraldry, →ISBN

இடவரைவு உறுத்து

position, locate, site: സ്ഥിതിചെയ്യുക, നിലകൊള്ളുക, ആസിക്കുക, ഇരിക്കുക, നിൽക്കുക, വർത്തിക്കുക

In the following sections, I situate my work more explicitly within several contemporary contexts.2018, Nicole Seymour, Bad Environmentalism, page 7:
[…] 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.1938, letter from South African Secretary for Native Affairs to N L Henwoodhttps://web.archive.org/web/20200703080215/https://www.justice.go...

Verb
third-person singular present	situates
present participle	situating
past participle	situated
past	situated
alternative form	scituate
Adjective
comparative	more situate
superlative	most situate

Borrowed from Late Latin situātus, past participle of Medieval Latin situō (“to locate, place”), from Latin situs (“a site”).

What does situate mean?: Situate means to place on or into a physical location.
What is situate in Tamil?: Situate in Tamil is இடவரைவு உறுத்து. See Situate meaning in Tamil.
How do you use situate in a sentence?: In the following sections, I situate my work more explicitly within several contemporary contexts.
What part of speech is situate?: Situate can be a verb or an adjective.
How do you pronounce situate?: Situate is pronounced /ˈsɪt͡ʃ.u.eɪt/.
What is the past tense of situate?: The past tense of situate is situated.

Last updated: 2026-09-02

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