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/ɪnˈstɛd/

adv 1

Collocations

ADJ.

continuing

We decided to stop continuing with the old plan and started over instead.

VERB + INSTEAD

dancing, drink, facing, garden, go, planted, play, relaxed

We decided to go to the beach instead of staying home that weekend.

INSTEAD + NOUN

bus, cotton, indoors, minutes, myself

We waited ten minutes instead of taking the bus to get there faster.

PREP.

around, in, out, out, with

He decided to go out instead of staying home to study for the exam.

ADV.

then

She didn't go to the party; she stayed home and watched a movie instead.

Definitions

adv

In the place of something (usually mentioned earlier); as a substitute or alternative.

I was going to go shopping, but I went dancing instead.

‘It's rather like a beautiful Inverness cloak one has inherited. Much too good to hide away, so one wears it instead of an overcoat and pretends it's an amusing new fashion.’

Thesaurus

Synonyms

adverb — in place of, or as an alternative to

alternatively

adverb — on the contrary

rather

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

I was going to go shopping, but I went dancing instead.

Wiktionary

‘It's rather like a beautiful Inverness cloak one has inherited. Much too good to hide away, so one wears it instead of an overcoat and pretends it's an amusing new fashion.’

Wiktionary

Seeing the British establishment struggle with the financial sector is like watching an alcoholic […]. Until 2008 there was denial over what finance had become. […] But the scandals kept coming, […].

Wiktionary

I may give up soon and just nap instead.

Tatoeba · #1300

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

Tatoeba · #1430

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

Tatoeba · #2081

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