INSTEAD

Meaning of INSTEAD in English

Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.

If you do one thing ~ 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, ~ of cutting costs...

Instead of going to work thinking that it will be totally boring, try to be positive.

PREP-PHRASE: PREP n/-ing

If you do not do something, but do something else ~, 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 ~.

ADV: ADV with cl

Collins COBUILD. Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык Коллинз COBUILD (международная база данных языков Бирмингемского университета) . 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 — adverb COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ VERB choose ▪ Opposition by burghers, who feared for the fishing, ensured that Plymouth Dock, …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
INSTEAD — [adverb] [not gradable] - rather than (something or someone); as an alternativeThere's no coffee - would you like a cup …
Cambridge English vocab
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

Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык

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