situate

Definition

To place on or into a physical location.

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin situātus, past participle of Medieval Latin situō (“to locate, place”), from Latin situs (“a site”).

Example Sentences

• "The statue is situated in a corner hardly visible to the public, except through a window from an outside maintenance area situated behind the building."
• "The mayor is situated between probable censure and possible recall."
• "Other critiques have not focussed on the lexicography but rather have situated Hobson-Jobson within a larger postcolonialist critique of the British imperial project."

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