in places

English

Prepositional phrase

in places

1. In some places and not everywhere; of a patchy nature.

   It could turn a little misty in places towards dawn.

   The edges of the pond had already turned to ice in places in October.

   The jumper was worn in places.

Usage notes

• Usually adverbial.

Translations

only in some places

• Finnish: paikoittain (fi), paikoitellen (fi), paikoin (fi)
• French: par endroits (fr)
• Greek: κατά τόπους (el) (katá tópous)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: stedvis

• Polish: gdzieniegdzie (pl), tu i ówdzie (pl), miejscami (pl)
• Russian: ко́е-где (ru) (kóje-gde)
• Yiddish: ערטערווײַז (ertervayz)

See also

• in place
• in place of

Anagrams

• pelicans, capelins, pinacles, caplines, spelican, asclepin, asplenic, panicles, nilspace