in situ

1. 1.

   in position
2. 2.

   in the original or natural place or site

   “carcinoma in situ”

   “the archeologists left the pottery in place”

   Synonymsin place

1. 1.

   being in the original position; not having been moved

   “the archeologists could date the vase because it was in situ”

   “an in-situ investigator”

   Synonymsin-situunmoved

   Similarunaltered

Questions about in situ

What does in situ mean?

in situ means "in position". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for in situ?

Close synonyms include in place, in-situ, unmoved. 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 situ a common word?

in situ is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.