INSTEAD

Meaning of INSTEAD in English

[adverb] [not gradable] - rather than (something or someone); as an alternativeThere's no coffee - would you like a cup of tea instead?You can have herbal tea instead of coffee, if you want.Instead of throwing away your household rubbish, why not recycle it?

Cambridge English vocab. Кембриджский английский словарь. 2012

INSTEAD — ə̇nz|ted, ə̇n|st-, more often before “of” than in other positions ÷ -tid adverb Etymology: from the phrase instead of 1. …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
INSTEAD — /in sted"/ , adv. 1. as a substitute or replacement; in the place or stead of someone or something: We …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
INSTEAD — adverb Date: 1667 1. : as a substitute or equivalent was going to write but called instead 2. : as …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
INSTEAD — adv equivalent; equal to; usually with of. 2. instead ·adv in the place or room; usually followed by …
Webster English vocab
INSTEAD — instead BrE AmE ɪn ˈsted
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
INSTEAD — / ɪnˈsted; NAmE / adverb in the place of sb/sth : Lee was ill so I went instead. He didn't …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
INSTEAD — in ‧ stead S1 W1 /ɪnˈsted/ BrE AmE adverb 1 . instead of somebody/something used to say what is not …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
INSTEAD — adv. 1 (foll. by of) as a substitute or alternative to; in place of (instead of this one; stayed instead …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
INSTEAD — adv. 1 (foll. by of) as a substitute or alternative to; in place of (instead of this one; stayed instead …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
INSTEAD — adv.1 (foll. by of) as a substitute or alternative to; in place of (instead of this one; stayed instead of …
Oxford English vocab
INSTEAD — Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. If you do one thing instead …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
INSTEAD — Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. If you do one thing ~ …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
INSTEAD — adverb COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ VERB choose ▪ Opposition by burghers, who feared for the fishing, ensured that Plymouth Dock, …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
INSTEAD — adv. Function: adverb as an alternative to something expressed or implied FF1C; longed instead for a quiet country life FF1E; …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
INSTEAD — adverb as an alternative to something expressed or implied longed instead for a quiet country life Synonyms: alternately, alternatively, in …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
INSTEAD — See ↑ INSTEAD 1,2
Longman Activator English vocab
INSTEAD — INDEX: 1. instead of another thing, place, time etc 2. instead of another person RELATED WORDS see also ↑ REPLACE …
Longman Activator English vocab
INSTEAD — adv. 25B6; adverb travel by train instead : AS AN ALTERNATIVE, in lieu, alternatively; rather, by contrast, for preference, by/from …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
INSTEAD — adv. 1 as an alternative or a substitute She wanted me to go but I stayed instead 2 instead of. …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
INSTEAD — adverb 1 BAD : Instead of to go to a disco, we went to the cinema. GOOD : Instead of …
Longman Common Errors English vocabulary
INSTEAD — нареч. вместо; взамен this will do instead ≈ это годится взамен instead of Syn : in place, in exchange for …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
INSTEAD — instead.ogg ınʹsted adv вместо, взамен this will do instead - это годится взамен, это подойдёт для замены if you cannot …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
INSTEAD — вместо, взамен - instead of
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
INSTEAD — adv вместо, взамен this will do instead - это годится взамен, это подойдёт для замены if you cannot go, let …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
INSTEAD — нареч. вместо; взамен this will do instead — это годится взамен - instead of Syn: in place , in exchange …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
INSTEAD — нареч. вместо; взамен this will do instead — это годится взамен - instead of Syn: in place, in exchange for
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
INSTEAD — _adv. вместо; взамен; instead of this - вместо этого; instead of going - вместо того, чтобы пойти; instead of him …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
INSTEAD — adv. вместо; взамен; instead of this - вместо этого; instead of going - вместо того, чтобы пойти; instead of him …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
INSTEAD — _adv. вместо; взамен; instead of this вместо этого; instead of going вместо того, чтобы пойти; instead of him вместо него; …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера
INSTEAD — нареч. вместо; взамен this will do instead ≈ это годится взамен instead of Syn : in place, in exchange for …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
INSTEAD — in vice de, vice
English interlingue dictionary
INSTEAD — (Conjunction) hinuon;imbis na;imbis;uyag kay
English-Visayan vocabulary
INSTEAD — adverb Date: 1667 as a substitute or equivalent , as an alternative to something expressed or implied ; rather
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
INSTEAD — (adv.) Equivalent; equal to; -- usually with of.
Английский словарь Webster
INSTEAD — (adv.) In the place or room; -- usually followed by of.
Английский словарь Webster
INSTEAD — ( adv. ) In the place or room; -- usually followed by of.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
INSTEAD — ( adv. ) Equivalent; equal to; -- usually with of.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
INSTEAD — adv. in place of; as a replacement
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
INSTEAD — adv. Pronunciation: in- ' sted Function: adverb Date: 1667 1 : as a substitute or equivalent <was going to write …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
INSTEAD — ■ adverb as an alternative or substitute. ↘( ~ of ) in place of. Origin ME: from in + stead …
Concise Oxford English vocab
INSTEAD — [in.stead] adv (1667) 1: as a substitute or equivalent "was going to write but called ~" 2: as an alternative …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
INSTEAD — ad. In lieu, in the room, in ( the ) place.
Dictionary of English Synonyms
INSTEAD — stained
Anagrams English vocabulary
INSTEAD — Взамен
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
INSTEAD — взамен
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
INSTEAD — (d) взамен; вместо
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
INSTEAD — adv вместо, взамен this will do ~ - это годится взамен, это подойдёт для замены if you cannot go, let …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
INSTEAD — adv. взамен, вместо
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
INSTEAD — adv. взамен, вместо
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
INSTEAD — Вместо
Британский Англо-Русский словарь
INSTEAD — [adv.] вместо, взамен ~ of going (reading etc) вместо того, чтобы пойти (читать (и т.п.)) ~ of me (him etc) …
Morteza English-Russian Dictionary
INSTEAD — adv вместо, взамен; ~ of going (reading etc) вместо того, чтобы пойти (читать и т. п.); ~ of me (him …
Англо-Русский словарь - Королев
INSTEAD — взамен
English-Russian Online Dictionary
INSTEAD — взамен
Англо-Русский словарь

Cambridge English vocab

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