instead+of

  • 21instead of — or[in place of] also {formal}[in lieu of] {prep.} In the place of; in substitution for; in preference to; rather than. * /I wore mittens instead of gloves./ * /The grown ups had coffee but the children wanted milk in place of coffee./ * /The boys …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 22instead — adverb Date: 1667 1. as a substitute or equivalent < was going to write but called instead > 2. as an alternative to something expressed or implied ; rather < longed instead for a quiet country life > …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 23instead — adverb instead, let s take the train instead of Syn: as an alternative, alternatively, alternately; on second thought, all things being equal …

    Thesaurus of popular words

  • 24instead of — preposition Etymology: Middle English in sted of Date: 13th century in place of ; as a substitute for or alternative to < chose tea instead of coffee > …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 25instead — adverb /ɪn.ˈstɛd/ In the place of something (usually mentioned earlier); as a substitute or alternative I was going to go shopping, but I went dancing instead. Syn: in lieu of …

    Wiktionary

  • 26instead of — preposition in lieu of; in place of; rather than He walked to school instead of taking the car …

    Wiktionary

  • 27instead — [13] Instead is the English end of a chain of loan translations that goes back to Latin in locō (in loan translations, the individual components of a foreign word or expression are translated into their equivalents in the borrowing language, and&#8230; …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 28instead of — in place of Let s meet at the restaurant instead of the department store as we had planned …

    Idioms and examples

  • 29instead of — in place of. → instead …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 30instead — adverb as an alternative or substitute. ↘(instead of) in place of. Origin ME: from in + stead …

    English new terms dictionary