in place

1. 1.

   in the original or natural place or site

   “carcinoma in situ”

   “the archeologists left the pottery in place”

   Synonymsin situ

Questions about in place

What does in place mean?

in place means "in the original or natural place or site".

What is another word for in place?

Close synonyms include in situ. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is in place a common word?

in place is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.