siting

English

Pronunciation

• Homophones: citing, sighting

Verb

siting

1. present participle and gerund of site
   • 1997, Christine M. Koontz, Library Facility Siting and Location Handbook,

     Library and information school curricula must include training and introduction to siting and location issues for a new generation of library and information professionals.

2. Misspelling of citing.
3. Misspelling of sitting.

Noun

siting (plural sitings)

1. The act of finding a site for something.
   • 2010, Edward J. Walsh, Rex Warland, Don't Burn it Here: Grassroots Challenges to Trash Incinerators:

     Focusing upon three northeastern states — New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania — which were among the nation's leaders in both attempted and successful sitings of such facilities, we considered dozens of relevant controversies […]

Anagrams

• SIGINT, sigint