- site
- noun1 piece of land where a building was/is/will beADJECTIVE▪ good, prime (esp. BrE)▪
houses built on prime sites with stunning views
▪ designated, possible, potential, proposed, suitable▪some potential sites for the new business
▪ building (esp. BrE), construction (esp. AmE), development (esp. BrE)▪ demolition▪ derelict (BrE)▪ industrial, manufacturing▪ commercial▪ factory, hospital, school, etc. (esp. BrE)▪ protected▪ brownfield, greenfield (both BrE)▪ 5-acre, 20-hectare, etc.VERB + SITE▪ allocate (BrE), choose, designate, earmark (BrE), select▪The site is designated for housing.
▪The council has earmarked the site for possible redevelopment.
▪ find, identify, locate, look for▪ acquire (esp. BrE), buy, purchase▪A local company has recently acquired the site.
▪ lease (esp. BrE)▪The site was leased from another company.
▪The supermarket chain agreed to lease the site to a non-food retailer.
▪ inspect▪ clear, prepare▪The site is being cleared for development.
▪ build on, develop▪Nothing can be built on this site.
▪ occupy▪The site is presently occupied by offices.
▪ stand on▪The school stands on the site of an ancient settlement.
SITE + VERB▪ belong to sbSITE + NOUN▪ manager (esp. BrE), supervisor▪ owner▪ inspectionPREPOSITION▪ at a/the site▪The factory will be built at a site to the north of the city.
▪ in a/the site▪The hotel is in a prime site overlooking the sea.
▪ on (a/the) site▪Hard hats must be worn on site.
▪He was injured on a construction site.
2 place where sth happened or that is used for sthADJECTIVE▪ ancient, archaeological, historic, historical, prehistoric▪ important▪ holy, sacred▪ sensitive▪an extremely sensitive site of national importance
▪ remote▪ accident, bomb, crash, disaster▪ civic-amenity (BrE), dump, landfill (BrE), waste-disposal▪The new civic-amenity sites will allow the recycling of 600 tons of material every year.
▪a waste-disposal site on the edge of town
▪ training▪ burial, grave▪Many of these ancient burial sites were destroyed in the last century.
▪ excavation▪ landing, launch▪ test▪the test site for the atom bomb
▪ camp (usually campsite), camping, caravan (all BrE)▪ picnic (esp. BrE)▪ allotment (BrE)▪ dive, wreck▪Gozo has some of the best dive sites in the Mediterranean.
▪ breeding, nest, nesting▪ park-and-ride (BrE)▪The park-and-ride site has been designed to reduce traffic congestion in central Manchester.
VERB + SITE▪ visit▪The president is to visit the crash site later today.
▪ disturb, remove sth from, steal sth from▪penalties for disturbing ancient sites
▪ excavate3 on the Internet ⇨ See also ↑websiteADJECTIVE▪ Internet, online, Web (usually website), WWW▪online dating sites
▪ official▪the official website of the New York Yankees
▪ personal▪I am redesigning my personal site this month.
▪ free▪a free site devoted to tropical fish
▪ home▪ major▪major news sites
▪ favourite/favorite▪ informative, useful▪Harvard Law has a very useful and informative site.
▪ interactive▪ portal, search▪one of the major search sites
▪ content▪entertainment content sites
▪ download▪a music download site
▪ business, commercial, corporate, e-commerce▪ government▪ auction, gambling, gaming, media, music, news, newspaper, review, shopping, travel▪online music review sites
▪ blog, chat, community, dating, social-networking▪ adult, porn (informal), pornographic▪ fan▪a Harry Potter fan site
▪ hate▪He saw the photo on a right-wing hate site.
▪ destination▪ linked▪ mirror▪ sister▪You can go to ePay Music, a music-specific sister site to ePay.
▪ password-protected▪Users log onto a password-protected Internet site.
VERB + SITE▪ access, check, check out (informal), view, visit▪ browse, navigate, search, surf▪Their site is easy to navigate.
▪ search for▪ crawl▪The search engine crawls the site for relevant keywords.
▪ find, identify▪ build, create, design, develop, set up▪ maintain, operate, run▪ update▪The official site is updated on a regular basis.
▪ redesign▪ host, own▪ bookmark▪I have bookmarked your site for future reading.
▪ rank▪Search engines rank sites through a variety of methods.
▪ block▪The government tries to block foreign sites deemed subversive.
▪ promoteSITE + VERB▪ be dedicated to sth, be devoted to sth▪a site devoted to health issues
▪ contain sth, feature sth, include sth▪The site contains information on local services.
▪ offer sth▪The site offers used equipment for sale.
▪ link to sth▪the number of sites that link to your website
SITE + NOUN▪ map▪A site map lists and links to all pages on your website.
▪ design▪ content▪ link▪ search▪ administrator, owner▪ visitor▪ designerPREPOSITION▪ at a/the site▪At this site you'll find all the latest news and gossip.
▪ in a/the site▪Check out the links in our home site.
▪ on a/the site▪The software sells on the site for $29.95.
▪ site about▪sites about Japan
▪ site for▪the most popular sites for children
▪ site on▪I'm searching for sites on aromatherapy.
Collocations dictionary. 2013.
