OXFORD 9000
📚 adv • entry_id 14551

instead

/ɪnˈstɛd/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
en lugar de • en lugar de aqueso • en su lugar • en vez de • en vez de ello • mejor
In the place of something (usually mentioned earlier); as a substitute or alternative.
I was going to go shopping, but I went dancing instead.
‘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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