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in place en · ADJ

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) In an original position.
  2. (not-comparable) In a proper position.
  3. (not-comparable) Established; in operation.

Translations (12)

fi kohdallaan (in proper position) · fi paikalleen (in proper position) · fi paikallaan (in original position) · fi toiminnassa (in operation) · pl na miejscu (in operation) · pl na miejscu (in proper position) · fi kohdalleen (in proper position) · pl na miejscu (in original position) · fi käyttöön (in operation) · fi käytössä (in operation) · fi paikalleen (in original position) · fi paikallaan (in proper position)

in place en · ADV

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Into a proper or intended position; into place.
    • The girders were carefully set in place.
  2. (not-comparable) Into a state of deployment or implementation.
    • Asked if such a service could be put in place again, rather than buses, Mellors said: "I think the key thing is the first two weeks of January are pretty unique, in so far as the renewal of a bridge over the M6 at Penrith is very much a once-in-a-generation project. 2025 October 1, David Stubbings, “News: S&C to carry AWC services during West Coast closure”, in RAIL, number 1045, page 17:
    • New procedures were put in place.
    • He draws eclectically on studies of baboons, descriptive anthropological accounts of hunter-gatherer societies and, in a few cases, the fossil record. With this biological framework in place, Corning endeavors to show that the capitalist system as currently practiced in the United States and elsewhere is manifestly unfair. 2012 March-April, John T. Jost, “Social Justice: Is It in Our Nature (and Our Future)?”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 2, archived from the original on 13 Feb 2012, page 162:
  3. (Canada, US, not-comparable) Without changing position.
    • In the event of a radiation leak, shelter in place: do not attempt to find a community shelter.
    • They ran in place with full packs for an hour.
  4. (not-comparable, obsolete) To a particular place; so as to be present or nearby.

Antonyms

out of place

Relateds

in places · in place of

Translations (9)

pl na miejscu (into position) · fi kohdalleen (into position) · fi paikalleen (into position) · fi käytössä (in or into operation) · fi paikallaan (without changing position) · pl na miejscu (without changing position) · pl na miejscu (in or into operation) · fi käyttöön (in or into operation) · hu helyben (without changing position)