{
    "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’."
}