Situate definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

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. EnglishDictionary Thesaurus WordLists Grammar EnglishEasyLearningGrammar GrammarPatterns EnglishUsage TeachingResources VideoGuides Conjugations Sentences Video LearnEnglish Videopronunciations Buildyourvocabulary Quiz Englishgrammar Englishcollocations Englishconfusables Englishidioms Englishusage Thematicwordlists English French German Italian Spanish Portuguese Hindi Chinese Korean Japanese EnglishDictionaryThesaurusSentencesConjugationGrammar Definitionof 'situate'    WordFrequency Share× Credits× situate (sɪtʃueɪt ) Wordforms:3rdpersonsingularpresent tensesituates ,presentparticiplesituating ,pasttense,pastparticiplesituated verb Ifyousituatesomethingsuchasanideaorfactinaparticularcontext,yourelateittothatcontext,especiallyinordertounderstanditbetter. [formal]ShesituatesAutumnSequelinthecontextofpost-wardisillusionment.[VERBnounadverb/preposition] Synonyms:locate,set,base,position MoreSynonymsofsituate CollinsCOBUILDAdvancedLearner’sDictionary.Copyright©HarperCollinsPublishers Video:pronunciationof situate Youmayalsolike EnglishQuizConfusables Synonymsof'situate' LanguageLover'sBlog FrenchTranslationof'situate' Translateyourtext PronunciationPlaylists Wordoftheday:'Tycho' NEWfromCollins! EnglishGrammar CollinsApps WordFrequency situateinBritishEnglish (ˈsɪtjʊˌeɪt ) verb1. (tr;oftenpassive) toallotasiteto;place;locate adjective2. (nowusedespinlegalcontexts)situated;located CollinsEnglishDictionary.Copyright©HarperCollinsPublishers WordoriginC16:fromLateLatinsituāretoposition,fromLatinsitusasite WordFrequency situateinAmericanEnglish (ˈsɪtʃuɪt ;ˈsɪtʃuˌeɪt ;forv.,ˈsɪtʃuˌeɪt ) adjective1. Rare,Archaic situated verbtransitiveWordforms:ˈsituˌatedorˈsituˌating2.  toputinacertainplaceorposition;place;locate Webster’sNewWorldCollegeDictionary,4thEdition.Copyright©2010by HoughtonMifflinHarcourt.Allrightsreserved. WordoriginMLsituatus,pp.ofsituare,toplace