subsite

Meanings

1. 1nouncountablecomputing

   A smaller website that forms one part of a larger website.

   Grammar: Countable: say 'a subsite' or 'two subsites'.

   Patterns

   • a subsite of something
   • on a subsite

   The university's alumni pages live on a subsite of the main site.

   Each department has its own subsite with a separate address.

   You can log in to the subsite with the same password.

2. 2nouncountabletechnical

   A smaller area or section within a larger site, such as a place being examined or developed.

   Grammar: Countable; often used with 'of' to name the larger site.

   Patterns

   • a subsite of something
   • within a subsite

   Archaeologists marked each subsite on the map before digging.

   The survey divided the forest into four subsites.

   Soil samples came from a subsite near the river.

Word forms

Common combinations

a subsite of the main site

The help pages are a subsite of the main site.

create a subsite

We created a subsite for the conference.

a separate subsite

Reviews now appear on a separate subsite.

visit a subsite

Visitors rarely go beyond the first subsite.

Synonyms and how they differ

microsite

A microsite is a small, often temporary site with its own identity, usually made to promote one thing, while a subsite is simply a section of a bigger site.

subdomain

A subdomain is the technical address part (like blog.example.com); a subsite is the content area itself, which may or may not sit on a subdomain.

Word family

site noun

A place on the internet, or a piece of land where something is built.

website noun

A set of connected pages on the internet.

Commonly confused: subsite or subset?

Practice

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