situate

verb

/ˈsɪtʃueɪt/

(formal)

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they situate	/ˈsɪtʃueɪt/ /ˈsɪtʃueɪt/
he / she / it situates	/ˈsɪtʃueɪts/ /ˈsɪtʃueɪts/
past simple situated	/ˈsɪtʃueɪtɪd/ /ˈsɪtʃueɪtɪd/
past participle situated	/ˈsɪtʃueɪtɪd/ /ˈsɪtʃueɪtɪd/
-ing form situating	/ˈsɪtʃueɪtɪŋ/ /ˈsɪtʃueɪtɪŋ/

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situate something + adv./prep. to build or place something in a particular position使位于；使坐落于
situate something + adv./prep. to consider how an idea, event, etc. is related to other things that influence your view of it将…置于；使联系
- Let me try and situate the events in their historical context.我尽量把这些事件与其历史背景联系起来。

Word Originlate Middle English: from medieval Latin situat- ‘placed’, from the verb situare, from Latin situs ‘site’.

BNC: 3529 COCA: 6400

situate