English noun: site |
1. | site (location) the piece of land on which something is located (or is to be located) |
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| Samples | A good site for the school.
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| Synonyms | land site |
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| Broader (hypernym) | parcel, parcel of land, piece of ground, piece of land, tract |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | apron, archeological site, bivouac, bomb site, burial ground, burial site, burying ground, camp, campground, camping area, camping ground, camping site, campsite, cemetery, dig, dump, dumpsite, encampment, excavation, fairway, garbage dump, graveyard, green, launching site, memorial park, monument, necropolis, premises, putting green, putting surface, rough, rubbish dump, summer camp, Superfund site, tee, teeing ground, toxic site, toxic waste area, trash dump, waste-yard, wasteyard |
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| Instance hyponym | ground zero, Lateran |
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2. | site (location) physical position in relation to the surroundings |
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| Samples | The sites are determined by highly specific sequences of nucleotides.
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| Synonyms | situation |
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| Broader (hypernym) | place, position |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | active site, antigenic determinant, close quarters, determinant, epitope, locus, locus of infection, restriction site |
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3. | site (communication) a computer connected to the internet that maintains a series of web pages on the World Wide Web |
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| Samples | The Israeli web site was damaged by hostile hackers.
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| Synonyms | internet site, web site, website |
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| Broader (hypernym) | computer, computing device, computing machine, data processor, electronic computer, information processing system |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | chat room, chatroom, portal, portal site |
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