Other forms: situated, situates, situating
To situate is to place something in a particular position. Situate the building, situated on a hill, situate the argument.
The passive is far commoner than the active, and plain writing guides tell you that is situated on a hill can usually become is on a hill. In academic use it means placing an idea in its context. The Latin situs means a site.
1verbsituateTo place something in a particular position.
“The architects situated the house on the hill to make the most of the view.”
situate is a placing.
Medieval Latin situare comes from Latin situs, a site or position.
Medieval Latin
situō — to locate, place
Latin
situātus
English, today
situate
Borrowed from Latin situātus, past participle of Medieval Latin situō (“to locate, place”), from Latin situs (“a site”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA