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Definition of Instead

1. Adverb. In place of, or as an alternative to. "Alternatively we could buy a used car"

2. Adverb. On the contrary. "Used English terms instead of Latin ones"

Definition of Instead

1. adv. In the place or room; -- usually followed by of.

Definition of Instead

1. Adverb. In the place of something (usually mentioned earlier); as a substitute or alternative ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Instead

1. as a substitute or equivalent [adv]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Instead

instarred instarring instars instate instated instates instating instaunce instaunt instauntly

instauration instaurations instaurator instaurators instead (current term) instead of insteep instep insteps instigant

instigate instigated instigates instigating instigatingly instigation instigations instigative instigator

Literary usage of Instead

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion by James George Frazer (1900)
"Meantime it remains to point out that in some places, instead of an animal ... But • in the Greek myth the loved and lost one is the daughter instead of the ..."

2. The Federalist, on the New Constitution by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay (1857)
"The state tribunals may then be left with a more entire charge of federal causes; and appeals, in most cases in which they may be deemed proper, instead of ..."

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