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Situate is a related term of affix.


As a verb situate

is to place on or into a physical location most commonly used adjectivally in past participle.

As an adjective situate

is situated.

As a noun affix is

affix.

situate

English

Alternative forms

* scituate

Verb

(situat)
  • To place on or into a physical location. Most commonly used adjectivally in past participle.
    • The statue is situated''' in a corner hardly visible to the public, except through a window from an outside maintenance area '''situated behind the building.
  • To place or put into an intangible place or position, such as social, ethical, fictional, etc. Most commonly used adjectivally in past participle and often used figuratively.
    • The mayor is situated between probable censure and possible recall.

    Related terms

    * site * situation

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Situated.
  • * , II.ii.3:
    • Wadley in Berkshire is situate in a vale, though not so fertile a soil as some vales afford […].
  • * Milton
    • Pleasure situate in hill and dale.

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    affix

    English

    (wikipedia affix)

    Noun

    (es)
  • That which is affixed; an appendage.
  • (linguistic morphology) A bound morpheme added to a word’s stem; formerly applied only to suffixes (also called postfixes), the term as now used comprises prefixes, suffixes, infixes, circumfixes, and suprafixes.
  • (mathematics) The complex number a+bi associated to the point in the Gauss Plane with coordinates (a,b).

    • Antonyms

    * nonaffix

    Hyponyms

    * (affixes)

    Coordinate terms

    * clitic

    Verb

    (es)
  • To attach.
  • * Ray
    • Should they [caterpillars] affix them to the leaves of a plant improper for their food
    to affix''' a stigma to a person; to '''affix ridicule or blame to somebody
  • To subjoin, annex, or add at the close or end; to append to.
    • to affix''' a syllable to a word; to '''affix''' a seal to an instrument; to '''affix one's name to a writing
  • To fix or fasten figuratively; with on'' or ''upon .
    • eyes affixed upon the ground
    (Spenser)