site

Everyday

1. A site is a place where something is, was, or will be, like a building site or a picnic site. tree →
2. A site, or website, is a set of pages on the internet. tree →
3. To site something (formal) is to put it in a particular place. tree →

In the lessons

In everyday life and safety: building sites are dangerous, so children keep out; campsites are places for tents. In history, a historic site or the site of a battle. On computers, children visit only safe sites and never share passwords. Phrases: «building site», «construction site», «campsite», «website», «on site», «historic site», «site of».

Examples

• Keep out of the building site; it is dangerous. tree →
• We pitched our tent at the campsite by the lake. tree →
• This is the site of an old castle. tree →
• The school's site has a page about the trip. tree →
• Only use websites your teacher or parents trust. tree →
• They chose a sunny site for the vegetable garden. tree →
• The workers wear hard hats on site. tree →
• The new playground will be sited near the river. tree →
• He accordingly descended to earth, and travelled through many countries, seeking a fitting site upon which to establish an oracle. tree →

Note

Plural sites. Homophones: «sight» (seeing, a view) and «cite» (to quote a source). «Site» is a place; «sight» is what you see. «Website» is one word.

In Jewish tradition

In Sefer Yetzirah, "His Site" means the place of God, to which the Maker is returned. In the primary lessons: In everyday life and safety: building sites are dangerous, so children keep out; campsites are places for tents. In history, a historic site or the site of a battle. On computers, children visit only safe sites and never share passwords. Phrases: «building site», «construction site», «campsite», «website», «on site», «historic site», «site of».

Examples

• Make a thing stand in assembly before its Creators; return the Maker to His Site. [1:5] Ten SEFIROT BELIMAH—Their measure is ten; they have no edge. (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation) tree →
• Contains Kalisch's pointed Hebrew text (his base text), English translation, preface, notes, glossary. (sacred-texts site errata page not included; Hare's attribution notice kept as in etext.) Source: Internet Sacred Text Archive, https://archive.sacred-texts.com/jud/sy/index.htm (etext by J. (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877) tree →

Note

Plural sites. Homophones: «sight» (seeing, a view) and «cite» (to quote a source). «Site» is a place; «sight» is what you see. «Website» is one word.