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1 N‑COUNT [oft n N ] A site is a piece of ground that is used for a particular purpose or where a particular thing happens. □  He became a hod carrier on a building site. □  …a bat sanctuary with special nesting sites.

2 N‑COUNT The site of an important event is the place where it happened. □ [+ of ] …the site of the worst ecological disaster on Earth.

3 N‑COUNT A site is a piece of ground where something such as a statue or building stands or used to stand. □ [+ of ] …the site of Moses' tomb.

4 N‑COUNT A site is the same as a website .

5 VERB [usu passive] If something is sited in a particular place or position, it is put there or built there. □ [be V -ed prep/adv] He said chemical weapons had never been sited in this country. □ [V -ed] …a damp, old castle, romantically sited on a river estuary. ●  sit|ing N‑SING □ [+ of ] …controls on the siting of gas storage vessels.

6 PHRASE If someone or something is on site , they are in a particular area or group of buildings where people work, study, or stay. □  It is cheaper to have extra building work done when the builder is on site.

7 PHRASE If someone or something is off site , they are away from a particular area or group of buildings where people work, study, or stay. □  There is ample car parking off site. SYNONYMS site NOUN

1

area:…a picnic area.

plot:I thought I'd buy myself a small plot of land and build a house on it.

ground:…a stretch of waste ground.

patch:…a patch of land covered in forest.

2

location:The first thing he looked at was his office's location.

place:…Temple Mount, the place where the Temple actually stood.

setting:The house is in a lovely setting in the Malvern hills.

spot:They stayed at several of the island's top tourist spots.

si te map (site maps ) N‑COUNT A site map is a plan of a website showing what is on it and providing links to the different sections. [COMPUTING ]

si t-in (sit-ins ) N‑COUNT A sit-in is a protest in which people go to a public place and stay there for a long time. [BUSINESS ] □  The campaigners held a sit-in outside the Supreme Court.

sit|ter /s I tə ^r / (sitters ) N‑COUNT A sitter is the same as a babysit .

sit|ting /s I t I ŋ/ (sittings )

1 N‑COUNT A sitting is one of the periods when a meal is served when there is not enough space for everyone to eat at the same time. □  Dinner was in two sittings.

2 N‑COUNT A sitting of a parliament, legislature, court, or other official body is one of the occasions when it meets in order to carry out its work. □ [+ of ] …the recent emergency sittings of the U.N. Security Council.

3 ADJ [ADJ n] A sitting president or member of parliament is a present one, not a future or past one. □  …the greatest clash in our history between a sitting president and an ex-president.

4 → see also sit

si t|ting du ck (sitting ducks ) N‑COUNT If you say that someone is a sitting duck , you mean that they are easy to attack, cheat, or take advantage of. [INFORMAL ] □  Nancy knew she'd be a sitting duck when she raised the trap door.

si t|ting room (sitting rooms ) also sitting-room N‑COUNT A sitting room is a room in a house where people sit and relax. [BRIT ] in AM, usually use living room

si t|ting ta r|get (sitting targets ) N‑COUNT A sitting target is the same as a sitting duck . □ [+ for ] They know they are a sitting target for the press.