Situated

How to spell situated

8 letters · 4 syllables

How to pronounce situated

Say the part in capitals loudest.

What does situated mean?

1. adjectivePlaced or located in a particular spot or set of circumstances.

Situated in a sentence

• The hotel is conveniently situated near the train station.

• Their cottage is situated on a quiet hill above the village.

Where does situated come from?

Language of origin: Latin

This word descends from the medieval Latin verb situare, meaning 'to place' or 'to set in a particular spot', which was itself built on the classical Latin noun situs, meaning 'a position', 'a site', or 'the way something is laid out'. By the early 1500s English had adopted the past participle form 'situate', and the modern 'situated' soon followed as the everyday adjective and participle. The same situs root sits openly inside the familiar English words 'site' and 'situation', which is a helpful memory aid: the middle is spelled with a -tu- just like 'situation', not a -ch- sound. Although it is pronounced with a soft 'choo' in the middle, the spelling faithfully preserves the Latin -tu- of situare. Because the trap is hearing that 'choo' and the unstressed ending, keeping 'situation' in mind anchors the correct letters.

How the word is built

• situat- (from Latin situare: to place, locate)
• -ed (past participle/adjective suffix)