in the place of sb/sth:
Lee was ill so I went instead. * He didn't reply. Instead, he turned on his heel and left the room. * (written) She said nothing, preferring instead to save her comments till later.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for instead is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is instead a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, instead is tagged as adverb.
Does instead appear elsewhere on Lughet?
Yes — instead appears under other sources or language pairs in Lughet's collection. See the list below.
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