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instead definition
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Overview of adv instead The adv instead has 2 senses (first 2 from tagged texts) 1. (36) alternatively, as an alternative, instead, or else -- (in place of or as an alternative to "Felix became a herpetologist instead"; "alternatively we could buy a used car") 2. (23) rather, instead -- (on the contrary; "rather than disappoint the children, he did two quick tricks before he left"; "he didn't call rather (or instead), he wrote her a letter"; "used English terms instead of Latin ones") Overview of adv instead The adv instead has 2 senses (first 2 from tagged texts) 1. (36) alternatively, as an alternative, instead, or else -- (in place of or as an alternative to "Felix became a herpetologist instead"; "alternatively we could buy a used car") 2. (23) rather, instead -- (on the contrary; "rather than disappoint the children, he did two quick tricks before he left"; "he didn't call rather (or instead), he wrote her a letter"; "used English terms instead of Latin ones")
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