Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - instead
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~ adv 1 instead of in place of something or someone (We should do something instead of just talking about it. | You must have picked up my keys instead of yours. | Could I have tuna instead of ham?) 2 in place of something that has just been mentioned (If Joe can't attend the meeting, I could go instead. | We didn't have enough money for a movie, so we went to the park instead. sentence adverb) (Cardew did not join the navy. Instead, he decided to become an actor.)
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Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. If you do one thing instead of another, you do the first thing and not the second thing, as the result of a choice or a change of behaviour. They raised prices and cut production, instead of cutting costs... Instead of going to work thinking that it will be totally boring, try to be positive. PREP-PHRASE: PREP n/-ing 2. If you do not do something, but do something else instead, you do the second thing and not the first thing, as the result of a choice or a change of behaviour. My husband asked why I couldn’t just forget about dieting all the time and eat normally instead. ADV: ADV with cl ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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adverb Date: 1667 1. as a substitute or equivalent was going to write but called ~ 2. as an alternative to something expressed or implied ; rather longed ~ for a quiet country life ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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adv. 1 (foll. by of) as a substitute or alternative to; in place of (instead of this one; stayed instead of going). 2 as an alternative (took me instead) (cf. STEAD). Etymology: ME, f. IN + STEAD ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
Англо-русский Русско-английский научно-технический словарь
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1. вместо, взамен this will do instead —- это годится взамен, это подойдет для замены if you cannot go, let him go instead —- если вы не можете пойти, пусть он пойдет вместо вас ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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adv. вместо; взамен instead of this - вместо этого instead of going - вместо того, чтобы пойти instead of him - вместо него this will do instead - это годится взамен ...Англо-русский словарь
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- c.1387, from in stede (see stead); still often two words until after c.1640. A loan-translation of L. in loco (Fr. en lieu de). ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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