Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adv. In the place of something previously mentioned; as a substitute or an equivalent: Having planned to drive, we walked instead.
- adv. In preference; as an alternative: yearned instead for a home and family.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- In the stead; in place or room; hence, in equivalence or substitution: followed by of.
- In its stead; in place of it, or of the thing or act mentioned.
Wiktionary
- adv. In the place of something (usually mentioned earlier); as a substitute or alternative
GNU Webster's 1913
- adv. In the place or room; -- usually followed by
of . - adv. rare Equivalent; equal to; -- usually with
of .
WordNet 3.0
- adv. in place of, or as an alternative to
- adv. on the contrary
Etymologies
- in + stead, from Middle English ine ("in") + stede ("stead"). (Wiktionary)
- Middle English in sted of, in place of : in, in; see in1 + stede, place; see stead + of, of; see of. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“Through my policy, which he arraigns, instead of the Thebans invading this country with Philip, as all expected, they joined our ranks and prevented him; instead of the war being in Attica, it took place seven hundred furlongs from the city on the confines of Botia; instead of corsair issuing from Euba to plunder us, Attica was in peace on the coast-side during the whole war; instead of Philip being master of the Hellespont by taking Byzantium, the Byzantines were our auxiliaries against him Does this computation of services, think you, resemble the casting of accounts?”
“I’ll pipe in that sometimes when searching it’s less effective for results to use layman terms – instead of “high blood sugar” it’s easier to search for “hyperglycemia”….instead of “fat” use “lipids”…..instead of “high blood pressure” use “hypertension – since many of the journals are targeting medical and scientific readers used to the medicalese.”
Easy way to learn to search the medical literature | The Blog of Michael R. Eades, M.D.
“Ms. Anderson said Chinese customers will buy a bottle of French Bordeaux because it had "Bordeaux" on the label instead of a comparable Australian wine.”
The Wall Street Journal: Australia Winery Takes Root in China
“Their study also found that most people typically read only the first five lines of a label, but did much better when the information was placed in the center of a label instead of the side.”
“The label instead signed the Tremeloes while the Beatles went to Parlophone.”
“According to the article, the show's name instead is short for "Wow That's Funny!”
“If you're signed into a Google Account, the redesign now displays your name instead of your e-mail address at the top right.”
The Washington Post: Faster Forward: Google socializes search further, redesigns nav bar
“If we live out our faith and truly live by our word instead of arguing, fighting and killing each other in the name of religion, causing even greater devastation, then tragedies like this could be quickly resolved, perhaps even avoided.”
The Huffington Post: Sami Awad: Giving 1 Percent Of Jesus To Somalia
“Your energy is spent holding back your expression instead of responding to the warnings from your root voice.”
“Now she wears running shoes and baggy slacks, has a sort of bowl haircut, and goes by her nickname instead of Charlotte.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘instead’.
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FUN - Beatles song titles
Typical words from Beatles song titles. Can you recreate the titles?
(Grammatical words have been omitted)polythene, Sun King, rhythm and blues, taxman, tripper, monkey business, mailman, matchbox, rock and roll, ooh, blue jay, reprise and 388 more...
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EU Buzz - Lisbon Treaty
All words of the Lisbon Treaty
(Persons' names, foreign and grammatical words have been eliminated, MWEs have been split up into individual words. Capitalization has been retained if r...conferral, stateless, person, voting, right, subsidiarity, Latvia, Malta, Slovenia, Lithuania, Finland, Estonia and 2614 more...
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In contrast
however, still, nevertheless, on the other hand, on the contrary, even so, notwithstanding, for all that, in contrast, alternatively, at the same time, though this may be and 26 more...
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Transitional and otherwise
then, consequently, thus, hence, so, ergo, wherefore, henceforward, to that end, to this end, accordingly, as a result and 34 more...
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no little thing
it bothers me when i hear someone who have experienced something life changing use the phrase: now i appreciate the little things. I DON'T BELIEVE THERE ARE ANY LITTLE THINGS. everything is EXTRAOR...
letters, living, understand, narrow, behavior, personal, need, meant, untamed, world, soldier, 'cause and 241 more...
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eggplantia5's Words
scintillate, marvel, cranberry, oscillate, triumph, bamboozle, grimace, magical, book, hexagon, cipher, compendium and 2727 more...
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Two years
Okay, I admit it. I made a list of words my daughter knew when she was two years old.
bat, baba, a, abalone, about, acorn, adrienne, after, again, airplane, alison, all and 694 more...
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Basic English Vocabulary
Very basic words for ESL students.
a, abandon, ability, able, abortion, about, above, abroad, absence, absolute, absolutely, absorb and 4334 more...
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mandarine's Words
antepenultimate, metonymy, synecdoche, pop, kern, inherit, clique, scrumptious, macerate, murmur, kerning, veranda and 1068 more...
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SCRABBLE - Satine, 6-letter stems
The only letters without a "satine" bingo possibility: J, Q, Y
zeatins, zaniest, sextain, antisex, waniest, tawnies, vainest, natives, naivest, sinuate, aunties, satinet and 55 more...
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March 1st
wing, embrace, colleagues, sibling, upbringing, instead, restructured, success, threat, responsible, role, helped and 1 more...
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OM3 Lesson 31
weight, gain, pound, sweets, cut out, do, shows, rest, drive, cheer up, overworked, liquor and 13 more...
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