Verb
They decided to situate the new office building near the airport.
We situated ourselves in the seats nearest the exit.
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Adjective
Add Accent Trees To add beauty and additional shade to a front yard, carefully situate accent trees between the street and the house.—Viveka Neveln, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 Feb. 2023
Verb
Under Grassley’s bill, judicial rulings would be limited to the parties involved, meaning any judge’s order would not apply to others who may be similarly situated but did not file litigation.—Rebecca Beitsch, The Hill, 31 Mar. 2025 Explore Gulf Shores Sullivan’s Island, South Carolina Our senior homes editor Betsy Cribb Watson is partial to the charms of Sullivan’s Island, a tiny beach town situated on 2.5 miles of the Atlantic coast that’s located just 20 minutes from her hometown of Charleston.—Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 30 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for situate
Word History
Etymology
Adjective
Middle English, from Late Latin situatus, from Latin situs
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