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in shape |
in short |
in short order |
in short supply |
in sight |
in situ
| in small stages
| in so far
| in some manner
| in some respects
| in some way
in situ
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adverbial in situ has 1 sense
- in situ(r = adv.all) in place - in the original or natural place or site; "carcinoma in situ"; "the archeologists left the pottery in place"
CIDE DICTIONARY
in situ, adv. & adj. [L.].
- In its natural or original position or place; in position; -- said specif., in geology, of a rock, soil, or fossil, when in the situation in which it was originally formed or deposited. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
- In its original position; not extending beyond the place of origin; localized and undisturbed; as, carcinoma in situ. [PJC]
ROGET THESAURUS
in situ
Situation
N situation, position, locality, locale, status, latitude and longitude, footing, standing, standpoint, post, stage, aspect, attitude, posture, pose, environment, surroundings (location), circumjacence, place, site, station, seat, venue, whereabouts, ground, bearings, spot, topography, geography, chorography, map, situate, situated, local, topical, topographical, in situ, in loco, here and there, passim, hereabouts, thereabouts, whereabouts, in place, here, there, in such and such surroundings, in such and such environs, in such and such entourage, amidst such and such surroundings, amidst such and such environs, amidst such and such entourage.
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