instead

Language

English

Alternative forms

enstead, in steed, in stead (all obsolete)

Etymology

From in +‎ steadCategory:English compound terms#INSTEAD, from Middle English Category:English terms derived from Middle English#INSTEAD ine (“in”) + stede (“stead”). Related to German statt.

Pronunciation

enPR: ĭn-stěd', IPA^(key): /ɪnˈstɛd/Category:English 2-syllable words#INSTEAD Category:English terms with IPA pronunciation#INSTEAD
(Northumbria) IPA^(key): /ɪnˈstiːd/Category:English 2-syllable words#INSTEAD Category:English terms with IPA pronunciation#INSTEAD
Audio (US): (file)
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Rhymes: -ɛd Category:Rhymes:English/ɛd#INSTEAD Category:Rhymes:English/ɛd/2 syllables#INSTEAD

Adverb

instead (not comparable)Category:English lemmas#INSTEAD Category:English adverbs#INSTEAD Category:English uncomparable adverbs#INSTEAD Category:English entries with incorrect language header#INSTEAD Category:Pages with entries#INSTEAD Category:Pages with 1 entry#INSTEAD

In the place of something (usually mentioned earlier); as a substitute or alternative.
I was going to go shopping, but I went dancing instead.Category:English terms with usage examples#INSTEAD
- 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 5, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:
  ‘It's rather like a beautiful Inverness cloak one has inherited. Much too good to hide away, so one wears it instead of an overcoat and pretends it's an amusing new fashion.’
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- 2013 June 28, Joris Luyendijk, “Our banks are out of control”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 3, page 21:
  Seeing the British establishment struggle with the financial sector is like watching an alcoholic […]. Until 2008 there was denial over what finance had become. […] But the scandals kept coming, […]. A broad section of the political class now recognises the need for change but remains unable to see the necessity of a fundamental overhaul. Instead it offers fixes and patches.
  Category:English terms with quotations#INSTEAD

Synonyms

in lieu

Derived terms

instead of

Translations

in the place of (it)

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Anagrams

destain, stained, Tiendas, Danites, d'ansite, Sidetan, taneids, indates, sainted, satined, nidates, detains, tiendas

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