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SITUATED
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Situated in a particular spot or position
Example:
nicely situated on a quiet riverbank
Synonyms:
located; placed; set; situated
Classified under:
Similar:
settled (established in a desired position or place; not moving about)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Past simple / past participle of the verb situate
Context examples:
The lobe of the liver situated posteriorly located between the left lobe and the inferior vena cava.
(Caudate Lobe, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)
The spatial property of a body; where it is or the way in which it is situated.
(Body Position, NCI Thesaurus)
A newly discovered mountain range lies near the southwestern margin of Pluto’s Tombaugh Regio (Tombaugh Region), situated between bright, icy plains and dark, heavily-cratered terrain.
(New Horizons Finds Second Mountain Range in Pluto’s ‘Heart’, NASA)
He found it situated, however, on a glass mountain, and looking up from the foot he saw the enchanted maiden drive round her castle and then go inside.
(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)
Uranus, the planet of surprise, will be perfectly situated, so be open to the possibility.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
The Earth is situated halfway between the middle of the sun's habitable zone and its inner boundary.
(Potentially Habitable 'Super-Earths' Found Orbiting around Sun's near Neighbor, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
The Spitzer telescope found new clues by observing a hot Jupiter known as HD 80606b, situated 190 light-years from Earth.
(Investigating the Mystery of Migrating 'Hot Jupiters', NASA)
The range is situated among craters, with narrow valleys separating its peaks.
(Methane Snow on Pluto’s Peaks, NASA)
It was a handsome modern building, well situated on rising ground.
(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)
The nucleus is oval, usually situated at the base of the cell.
(Columnar Cell, NCI Thesaurus)
