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{
"term": "situate",
"partOfSpeech": "verb",
"verbForms": {
"presentSimple": {
"iYouWeThey": "situate",
"heSheIt": "situates"
},
"pastSimple": "situated",
"pastParticiple": "situated",
"ingForm": "situating"
},
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "to build or place something in a particular position",
"sensetop": "situate something + adv./prep.",
"examples": []
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "to consider how an idea, event, etc. is related to other things that influence your view of it",
"sensetop": "situate something + adv./prep.",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Let me try and situate the events in their historical context."
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈsɪtʃueɪt/",
"audio": "si/situate/situate__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈsɪtʃueɪts/",
"audio": "si/situate/situates__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈsɪtʃueɪtɪd/",
"audio": "si/situate/situated__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈsɪtʃueɪtɪŋ/",
"audio": "si/situate/situating__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈsɪtʃueɪt/",
"audio": "si/situate/situate__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈsɪtʃueɪts/",
"audio": "si/situate/situates__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈsɪtʃueɪtɪd/",
"audio": "si/situate/situated__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈsɪtʃueɪtɪŋ/",
"audio": "si/situate/situating__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "late Middle English: from medieval Latin situat- ‘placed’, from the verb situare, from Latin situs ‘site’."
}