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How to spell site

Site is spelled S-I-T-E.

hear itsite/saɪt/nounLong vowels

What it means: A location or place.

In a sentence: The ants built their home at the site of an old tree.

Not to be confused with: sight, cite, a different word.

Same family: sited, siting, resite, site-selection, location. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: The verb "site" comes from the noun "site," which traces back to Latin "situs," meaning "position" or "place." It’s closely related in origin to words like "situate" and the phrase "in situ," meaning "in its original place."

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