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✅ Set up correctly 📍 In the right spot
in place

in place

169 1.0
Still in the correct position and not moved
  • idiom
  • /ɪn pleɪs/
: en su lugar
  • She made sure that all the necessary supplies were in place before starting the project.
  • remain in place
  • already in place
  • firmly in place

It is to keep you in place until he is ready.

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Examples

  • I also like to have insurance in place before you go asking.

  • Have we got things in place or not really?

  • So there are things in place that help.

  • What sort of methods have you put in place to help you calm down?

  • And so it's been in place ever since.

  • So we have all the pieces in place to do great stuff.

  • However, there appear to be few resources in place to manage this process.

    Academic text (2011)

  • Many factors discussed here need to be in place before beginning to manage patients on insulin.

    Academic text (2011)

  • Bernalillo County has two logic models in place, both designed to encourage policy change.

    Academic text (2008)

  • Moreover, protective legislation is already in place, namely, the Equal Employment Opportunity Act of 1965.

    Academic text (1991)

Synonyms

located
vsin place
409 1.9

In a specific place

focuses on being in the original correct spot, not merely positioned anywhere
situated
vsin place
49 3.1

In a certain place or position

specifies it is in its proper original place rather than any location
in situ
vsin place
  • Specialized
7 7.4

It stays in its original place and is not moved

emphasizes rightful or proper location rather than natural origin
undisplaced
vsin place
  • Specialized
7.1

Still in its original place after injury or impact

is used for general proper placement, not mainly medical alignment

Antonyms

out of place
74 3.5

Feeling uncomfortable because you do not belong in a place or situation

How Positioned

secure
89 3.3
in place
169 1.0
out of place
74 3.5

Surface Forms

in place positive

Morphology

in + place

The meaning 'arranged or positioned correctly' is directly inferable from combining 'in' (indicating location) with 'place' (position/location): it describes something occupying the appropriate position. This is a basic spatial/compositional pattern found across languages, so a B1 learner who knows the constituent words will readily understand it.

Etymology

The phrase in place comes from the simple image of something sitting in its place, like a picture that stays on the wall and is not moved. So, it means 'not moved from where it belongs'.