Third-person singular simple present indicative form of situate.(verb)
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Use "situates" in a sentence
"Every claim to Frankenstein situates science fiction as an outgrowth of Gothic."
"Girard seldom situates his ideas in a political framework, but this should not prevent us from doing so."
"Her way with description of both people and place situates her most strongly as a postwar writer, complete with the anxieties and preoccupations of the time."