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Meaning instead meaning

What does instead mean?

Definitions in simple English

instead [[preposition|Preposition]]

— mathx/math instead of mathy/math means: not mathy/math but mathx/math. I'll have water instead of coffee, thanks. Instead of going to Italy, let's go to Paris. I don't use the phone anymore. I use e-mail instead. Children don't watch TV anymore. Instead, they read.

instead

— adverb (= alternatively) in place of, or as an alternative to Felix became a herpetologist instead alternatively we could buy a used car — adverb (= rather) on the contrary rather than disappoint the children, he did two quick tricks before he left he didn't call; rather (or instead), he wrote her a letter used English terms instead of Latin ones

Synonyms instead synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as instead?

instead English » English

rather instead of in place of in place but or else in lieu of in exchange for for alternatively vice unexpectedly substitute side preferably on the contrary moreover more lieu in in the room of in preference in lieu in contrast however even more but as for better another all the more

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Grammar Connected with, related Coordinate relations But

Instead

What words indicate that something is true of one thing instead of another thing?

instead rather than in place of in preference to in favor of in lieu
What words indicate that something is true of one person instead of another person?

instead in someone's place for on someone's behalf

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Simple sentences

Instead of going myself, I sent a messenger.

We learned Russian instead of French.

Tom has put salt into his coffee instead of sugar.

I sweeten coffee with molasses instead of sugar.

Don't tell me what is good for me. Mind your own business instead.

I had tea instead of beer tonight.

I may give up soon and just nap instead.

Maybe I'll just give up soon and take a nap instead.

I might give up soon and have a kip instead.

I will play Sudoku then instead of continuing to bother you.

The data suggest that the optimum length of a lecture may be 30 instead of 60 minutes.

Will you drink wine instead of milk?

Instead of taking a rest, he worked much harder than usual.

Instead of going to school, he stayed at home.

I'd like a room facing the ocean instead.

We planted peanuts instead of cotton.

When we have a family argument, my husband always sides with his mother instead of me.

Instead of stopping, the rain increased.

I would like you to go instead of me.

Instead of beating around the bush, Jones got straight to the point.

I don't feel like going to the movies. Let's take a walk instead.

Movie subtitles

Instead, it's an armageddon of volcanic explosions.

Aigo. what can humans do instead of her?

Instead, leave your heart behind, here.

Okay, we will cut a piece of her aorta, use it to make an arterial cuff around the renal arteries, and then we'll have one in anastomosis instead of three.

Instead of prolonging your life. Alex.

No, it's two different people. No, instead of hitting strangers in the face, I say we call my phone and see who answers.

Instead, he's in a place that no-one can verify him being.

If you do not repair to the telephone, I shall find myself obliged to answer it instead.

Some of the boys were telling me. Wyatt says it saves his men time to eat up there, instead of coming all the way into town.

But instead we're out here looking for Detective Murdoch.

Instead you wrote an article all but accusing Detective Murdoch of murdering a woman and.

You should worry about the King, instead of writing unimportant letters.

If I had known when I first saw you. that you were only a telephone operator instead of a swell. I'd have proposed to you right on the spot.

Come with me instead.

Let me do it instead of that butcher.

We'll build it instead of destroy it.

Had we stayed in Oran, instead of moving to this godforsaken place, our children could go to school and get a normal education.

They should become good Algerian citizens, instead!

If he came to the festivities, as you demand, he would spoil them. and instead of lust horror would pave its way.

That's why I prefer helping you instead of giving advice to you.

Instead of bread, we'II get hunger and ruin!

It seems strange to find you working here instead of our own home.

I was using the subjunctive instead of the past tense.

Put in a windshield wiper instead.

I'm still mystified, Mr. Thorpe, why you came here instead of returning to your plantation.

What do you use under your hat instead of brains?

In my haste yesterday instead of my hat I took this. garment.

If I had known you then, perhaps I'd be the wife of a professor now, instead of this conjurer.

When a kid owes me money, that makes me money. Now instead of paying a catcher 20 bucks, I got one for free. It's all profit.

Italy should have chosen us instead!

But I'm South Korea's King. Since it isn't an official standpoint from the United States Government and not your own opinion, but instead we have to understand by looking at the situation ourselves.

OR - - OR MAYBE I SHOULD BE MARRYING SEAN'S BEST MAN INSTEAD OF SEAN.

Instead of prolonging your life.

You should take care more of the king, instead of writing letters of no importance.

Instead of wasteland he found beautiful farmland.

Then there's Augustine Road, like this, but instead, you take the Granada Road.

They never taught us anything really useful like how to light a cigarette in the wind or make a fire out of wet wood. or bayonet a man in the belly instead of the ribs where it gets jammed.

Here I am cryin' instead of being glad.

Instead of counting him out, the referee picked him up and rushed him out of the ring to save him from mob violence.

Instead of giving me this stolen stuff, why don't you give me a way to change my life?

News and current affairs

Some have argued instead that gold's long upward march has been partly driven by the development of new financial instruments that make it easier to trade and speculate in gold.

Instead, the crisis stemmed from the US sub-prime debacle, which quickly dragged the global economy into its deepest recession since the 1930's.

Instead, they focused exclusively on US foreign debt, ignoring household debt (mortgage and consumer debt), public debt, business debt, and financial debt.

Instead, Portuguese workers are fleeing to booming former colonies such as Brazil and Macau.

Instead, I believe that the most important way to reawaken voters' interest in European elections will be to open up the election of the Commission's President to them, and create a genuinely Europe-wide political debate during the next election campaign.

Instead, the European Union needs a new direction.

So, instead of retiring gracefully, as presidents from Bill Clinton to Boris Yeltsin routinely do, Kuchma wants to change the constitution in order to become an all-powerful prime minister who will never face a limit on the length of his term.

Instead, the EU kept Turkey waiting yet again, putting off formal negotiations that, in any case, may take years to complete.

This has given new strength to those who want Turkey to develop in another direction, towards a more Islamic society instead of a modern secular state.

Instead, let's fund the basic research that will make green energy too cheap and easy to resist.

Instead, the French and German leaders are really responding to the growing unpredictability of today's emerging European order.

Instead, the EU's structure now demands not only a new consensus about Europe's role in the world, but also new means to achieve consensus.

Instead, foreign corporations, with their funds, controls, and experts--and, just as importantly, their beliefs--dominate larger enterprise.

They are, instead, two sides of the same coin.

Today, with interest rates near or at record lows in many countries, it is relatively cheap to speculate in gold instead of investing in bonds.

The question now is whether governments will give Judge Goldstone's findings the serious attention they deserve, or instead fall back into an overtly political posture.

The EU must instead show leadership through its efforts to solve the world's current problems.

Instead, they must improve the environment for growth.

This means that someone - a husband or mother-in-law - had taken the decision not to send the young woman to the hospital, instead keeping her in inhuman suffering for nearly a week.

Instead, the foundation of religious politics is a shared belief, imposed from above, in ideological orthodoxy.

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