Meaning & use
sited
Last updated
Located or positioned in a particular place, especially a building or structure.
See it in a sentence
The new hospital was sited near the highway for easy access.
Engineers carefully sited the wind turbines to maximize exposure to prevailing winds.
A note on using this word
Common in formal or technical writing about construction, planning, and architecture.
Words with a similar meaning
locatedpositioned
Choose a synonym to suit the sentence. Meanings can overlap without being identical.
Make it your own
Write a sentence using “sited”, then compare your use with the examples above.
Your draft stays on this page and is not sent anywhere.