From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishsituatesit‧u‧ate /ˈsɪtʃueɪt/ verb [transitive] formal PLACEto describe or consider something as being part of something else or related to something elsesituate something in something The women have the opportunity to situate their own struggles in a wider historical context.→ See Verb table
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situate• The following comparisons with modern and deconstructionist-postmodern thought serve to situate ecological postmodernism.• After situating herself on a huge flat-sided rock, Baby Suggs bowed her head and prayed silently.• Localities, locales and human interaction may help us to situate society and social change.• Adorno seems to me to situate the problem, without necessarily being the solution to it.• Tax preparation services generally situate themselves in storefront offices.• It is now necessary to situate these in the wider context of the social formation and in particular class structure.• In order to situate those views we must begin with Oakeshott's account of the nature of human conduct.situate something in something• Students will be expected to situate the novel in its historical context.Origin situate (1400-1500) Medieval Latin past participle of situare, from Latin situs; → SITE1 