different between garrison vs situate

English

Etymology

From Middle English garisoun, garison, from Old French garison, guarison, from Frankish [Term?], ultimately of Germanic origin; compare guard, ward. Doublet of warison.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??æ??s?n/
• (Mary–marry–merry merger) IPA^(key): /?????s?n/

Noun

garrison (plural garrisons)

1. A permanent military post.
2. The troops stationed at such a post.
3. (allusive) Occupants.
4. (US, military, U.S. Space Force) A military unit, nominally headed by a colonel, equivalent to a USAF support wing, or an army regiment.

Synonyms

• (USSF): delta (an operations wing equivalent)

Translations

Verb

garrison (third-person singular simple present garrisons, present participle garrisoning, simple past and past participle garrisoned)

1. To assign troops to a military post.
2. To convert into a military fort.
3. To occupy with troops.
   • 'Establishing a land bridge through Mariupol to Crimea would take tens of thousands of troops. So would garrisoning eastern Ukraine.', http://www.economist.com/news/briefing/21615605-now-willing-use-russian-troops-more-or-less-openly-eastern-ukraine-vladimir-putin-has

Related terms

• garment
• garnish

Translations

Anagrams

• arrosing, roarings

Jamaican Creole

Etymology

Semantic shift of English garrison.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???a??s?n/
• Hyphenation: ga?rri?son

Noun

garrison (plural: garrison dem, quantified: garrison)

1. A de facto autonomous district controlled by a don and the don's armed gang, typically loyal to a political party; a favela; a slum.

See also

• don
• shotta

English

Alternative forms

• scituate (hyper?correct, obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin situ?tus, past participle of Medieval Latin situ? (“to locate, place”), from Latin situs (“a site”).

Pronunciation

• (verb) IPA^(key): /?s?t?u.e?t/, /?s?tju.e?t/
• (adjective) IPA^(key): /?s?t?u.?t/, /?s?tju.?t/
• Hyphenation: sit?u?ate

Verb

situate (third-person singular simple present situates, present participle situating, simple past and past participle situated)

1. (transitive) To place on or into a physical location.

   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.

2. (transitive) 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

Translations

Adjective

situate (comparative more situate, superlative most situate)

1. (now rare) Situated.
   • , II.ii.3:

     Wadley in Berkshire is situate in a vale, though not so fertile a soil as some vales afford […].

   • 1667, John Milton, Paradise Lost

     Pleasure situate in hill and dale.

   • 1938, letter from South African Secretary for Native Affairs to N L Henwood[1]:

     […] the farm Kafferskraal No. 62 is not situate within a released area and its acquisition by the South African Native Trust is consequently not contemplated.

2. (heraldry) Situated; located.

Further reading

• situate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• situate in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• situate at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• usitate

Italian

Adjective

situate

1. feminine plural of situato

Verb

situate

1. second-person plural present indicative of situare
2. second-person plural imperative of situare
3. feminine plural of situato

Anagrams

• autiste, usitate

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /si.tu?a?.te/, [s??t?u?ä?t??]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /si.tu?a.te/, [sit?u???t??]

Verb

situ?te

1. second-person plural present active imperative of situ?