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- Dictionarysit·u·ate
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
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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. lie.
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.
Situate definition: to put in or on a particular site or place; locate.. See examples of SITUATE used in a sentence.
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.
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. [ formal ] She situates Autumn Sequel in the context of post-war disillusionment.
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.
1. To place in a certain spot or position; locate: The statue is situated in the center of the fountain. 2. To place in a given context, category, or set of circumstances: "It was hard for him to situate her in any of the usual categories reserved for women" (Jane Urquhart). adj. (-ĭt, -āt′) Archaic. Situated.
To place in a given context, category, or set of circumstances. American Heritage. To place on or into a physical location. Most commonly used adjectivally in past participle. 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. Wiktionary. Synonyms:
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.
