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"sense": "in lieu of; in place of; rather than",
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"sense": "in lieu of; in place of; rather than",
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"code": "yue",
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{
"code": "id",
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"sense": "in lieu of; in place of; rather than",
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{
"code": "id",
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"sense": "in lieu of; in place of; rather than",
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{
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{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "in lieu of; in place of; rather than",
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{
"code": "it",
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"sense": "in lieu of; in place of; rather than",
"word": "invece di"
},
{
"code": "it",
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"sense": "in lieu of; in place of; rather than",
"word": "invece che"
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{
"code": "it",
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"sense": "in lieu of; in place of; rather than",
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"sense": "in lieu of; in place of; rather than",
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"code": "ko",
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"code": "no",
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"sense": "in lieu of; in place of; rather than",
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"code": "no",
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"sense": "in lieu of; in place of; rather than",
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"code": "no",
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"sense": "in lieu of; in place of; rather than",
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"code": "fa",
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"roman": "be jâ-ye",
"sense": "in lieu of; in place of; rather than",
"word": "به جای"
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"code": "pl",
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"sense": "in lieu of; in place of; rather than",
"word": "zamiast"
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{
"code": "pt",
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"sense": "in lieu of; in place of; rather than",
"word": "ao invés de"
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{
"code": "pt",
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"sense": "in lieu of; in place of; rather than",
"word": "em vez de"
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"sense": "in lieu of; in place of; rather than",
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},
{
"code": "sh",
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},
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"code": "sh",
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"Roman"
],
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},
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"code": "sh",
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},
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"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "in lieu of; in place of; rather than",
"word": "namiesto"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "in lieu of; in place of; rather than",
"word": "namesto"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "in lieu of; in place of; rather than",
"word": "en lugar de"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "in lieu of; in place of; rather than",
"word": "en vez de"
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{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "in lieu of; in place of; rather than",
"word": "i stället för"
},
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"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "badulu",
"sense": "in lieu of; in place of; rather than",
"word": "బదులు"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "tɛɛn",
"sense": "in lieu of; in place of; rather than",
"word": "แทน"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "in lieu of; in place of; rather than",
"word": "yerine"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "zámistʹ",
"sense": "in lieu of; in place of; rather than",
"word": "за́мість"
},
{
"code": "uk",
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"roman": "zamísto",
"sense": "in lieu of; in place of; rather than",
"word": "замі́сто"
},
{
"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"roman": "ke bajāy",
"sense": "in lieu of; in place of; rather than",
"word": "کے بجاۓ"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "in lieu of; in place of; rather than",
"word": "thay vì"
},
{
"code": "wa",
"lang": "Walloon",
"sense": "in lieu of; in place of; rather than",
"word": "estô di"
},
{
"code": "wa",
"lang": "Walloon",
"sense": "in lieu of; in place of; rather than",
"word": "el plaece di"
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{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "in lieu of; in place of; rather than",
"word": "yn lle"
}
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"text": "He walked to school instead of taking the car.",
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{
"ref": "1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Exodus 4:16:",
"text": "And he shall be thy spokesman unto the people: and he shall be, even he shall be to thee instead of a mouth, and thou shalt be to him instead of God.",
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"ref": "1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter V, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:",
"text": "Then we relapsed into a discomfited silence, and wished we were anywhere else. But Miss Thorn relieved the situation by laughing aloud, and with such a hearty enjoyment that instead of getting angry and more mortified we began to laugh ourselves, and instantly felt better.",
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"In lieu of; in place of; rather than."
],
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[
"In lieu of",
"in lieu of"
],
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"in place of"
],
[
"rather than",
"rather than"
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]
}
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}
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{
"code": "af",
"lang": "Afrikaans",
"sense": "in lieu of; in place of; rather than",
"word": "in plaas van"
},
{
"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "in lieu of; in place of; rather than",
"word": "në vend të"
},
{
"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "in lieu of; in place of; rather than",
"word": "në vend që"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "badalan min",
"sense": "in lieu of; in place of; rather than",
"word": "بَدَلًا مِن"
},
{
"code": "arz",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "badal ma",
"sense": "in lieu of; in place of; rather than",
"tags": [
"Egyptian-Arabic"
],
"word": "بدل ما"
},
{
"code": "ary",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "f-ʕūṭ ma",
"sense": "in lieu of; in place of; rather than",
"tags": [
"Moroccan-Arabic"
],
"word": "فعوض ما"
},
{
"code": "as",
"lang": "Assamese",
"roman": "-or xoloni",
"sense": "in lieu of; in place of; rather than",
"word": "-অৰ সলনি"
},
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "in lieu of; in place of; rather than",
"word": "əvəzinə"
},
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "in lieu of; in place of; rather than",
"word": "yerinə"
},
{
"code": "ba",
"lang": "Bashkir",
"roman": "urınına",
"sense": "in lieu of; in place of; rather than",
"word": "урынына"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "zamjést",
"sense": "in lieu of; in place of; rather than",
"word": "заме́ст"
},
{
"code": "bn",
"lang": "Bengali",
"roman": "poriborte",
"sense": "in lieu of; in place of; rather than",
"word": "পরিবর্তে"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "vmésto",
"sense": "in lieu of; in place of; rather than",
"word": "вме́сто"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "in lieu of; in place of; rather than",
"word": "en comptes de"
},
{
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"roman": "ji⁴ hai⁶",
"sense": "in lieu of; in place of; rather than",
"word": "而係 /而系"
},
{
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"roman": "faan² ji⁴",
"sense": "in lieu of; in place of; rather than",
"word": "反而"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "ér shì",
"sense": "in lieu of; in place of; rather than",
"word": "而是"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "fǎn ér",
"sense": "in lieu of; in place of; rather than",
"word": "反而"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "in lieu of; in place of; rather than",
"word": "namísto"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "in lieu of; in place of; rather than",
"word": "místo"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "in lieu of; in place of; rather than",
"word": "i stedet for"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "in lieu of; in place of; rather than",
"word": "in plaats van"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "in lieu of; in place of; rather than",
"word": "anstataŭ"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "in lieu of; in place of; rather than",
"word": "selle asemel et"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "in lieu of; in place of; rather than",
"word": "selmet"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "in lieu of; in place of; rather than",
"word": "sen sijaan että"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "in lieu of; in place of; rather than",
"word": "sen sijaan"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "in lieu of; in place of; rather than",
"word": "asemesta"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "in lieu of; in place of; rather than",
"word": "à la place de"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "in lieu of; in place of; rather than",
"word": "au lieu de"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "in lieu of; in place of; rather than",
"word": "en vez de"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "in lieu of; in place of; rather than",
"word": "en lugar de"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "in lieu of; in place of; rather than",
"word": "en troques de"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "nacvlad",
"sense": "in lieu of; in place of; rather than",
"word": "ნაცვლად"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "magivrad",
"sense": "in lieu of; in place of; rather than",
"word": "მაგივრად"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "in lieu of; in place of; rather than",
"word": "an Stelle von"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "in lieu of; in place of; rather than",
"word": "anstelle von"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "in lieu of; in place of; rather than",
"word": "statt"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "in lieu of; in place of; rather than",
"word": "anstatt"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "in lieu of; in place of; rather than",
"word": "anstelle"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "antí",
"sense": "in lieu of; in place of; rather than",
"word": "αντί"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "antí",
"sense": "in lieu of; in place of; rather than",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "ἀντί"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "bimkom",
"sense": "in lieu of; in place of; rather than",
"word": "בִּמְקוֹם"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "ke bajāy",
"sense": "in lieu of; in place of; rather than",
"word": "के बजाय"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "in lieu of; in place of; rather than",
"word": "helyett"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"note": "(if a gerund is expressed with a verb form) ahelyett, hogy",
"sense": "in lieu of; in place of; rather than"
},
{
"code": "hrx",
"lang": "Hunsrik",
"sense": "in lieu of; in place of; rather than",
"word": "enstatt"
},
{
"code": "hrx",
"lang": "Hunsrik",
"sense": "in lieu of; in place of; rather than",
"word": "statts"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "in lieu of; in place of; rather than",
"word": "í staðin fyrir"
},
{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "in lieu of; in place of; rather than",
"word": "vice"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "in lieu of; in place of; rather than",
"word": "alih-alih"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "in lieu of; in place of; rather than",
"word": "bukannya"
},
{
"code": "izh",
"lang": "Ingrian",
"sense": "in lieu of; in place of; rather than",
"word": "mesto"
},
{
"code": "izh",
"lang": "Ingrian",
"sense": "in lieu of; in place of; rather than",
"word": "sihas"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "in lieu of; in place of; rather than",
"word": "in ionad"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "in lieu of; in place of; rather than",
"word": "in áit"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "in lieu of; in place of; rather than",
"word": "invece di"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "in lieu of; in place of; rather than",
"word": "invece che"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "in lieu of; in place of; rather than",
"word": "anziché"
},
{
"alt": "…のかわりに",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "... no kawari ni",
"sense": "in lieu of; in place of; rather than",
"word": "…の代わりに"
},
{
"alt": "~ daesine",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"sense": "in lieu of; in place of; rather than",
"word": "~ 대신에"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "in lieu of; in place of; rather than",
"tags": [
"with-ablative"
],
"word": "pro"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "in lieu of; in place of; rather than",
"tags": [
"with-genitive"
],
"word": "vice"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "namesto",
"sense": "in lieu of; in place of; rather than",
"word": "наместо"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "mesto",
"sense": "in lieu of; in place of; rather than",
"word": "место"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "in lieu of; in place of; rather than",
"word": "istedenfor"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "in lieu of; in place of; rather than",
"word": "i staden for"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "in lieu of; in place of; rather than",
"word": "i stedet for"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "be jâ-ye",
"sense": "in lieu of; in place of; rather than",
"word": "به جای"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "in lieu of; in place of; rather than",
"word": "zamiast"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "in lieu of; in place of; rather than",
"word": "ao invés de"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "in lieu of; in place of; rather than",
"word": "em vez de"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vmésto",
"sense": "in lieu of; in place of; rather than",
"word": "вме́сто"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vzamén",
"sense": "in lieu of; in place of; rather than",
"word": "взаме́н"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "in lieu of; in place of; rather than",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "у̀мјесто"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "in lieu of; in place of; rather than",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"Ekavian"
],
"word": "у̀место"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "in lieu of; in place of; rather than",
"tags": [
"Ijekavian",
"Roman"
],
"word": "ùmjesto"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "in lieu of; in place of; rather than",
"tags": [
"Ekavian",
"Roman"
],
"word": "ùmesto"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "in lieu of; in place of; rather than",
"word": "namiesto"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "in lieu of; in place of; rather than",
"word": "namesto"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "in lieu of; in place of; rather than",
"word": "en lugar de"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "in lieu of; in place of; rather than",
"word": "en vez de"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "in lieu of; in place of; rather than",
"word": "i stället för"
},
{
"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "badulu",
"sense": "in lieu of; in place of; rather than",
"word": "బదులు"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "tɛɛn",
"sense": "in lieu of; in place of; rather than",
"word": "แทน"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "in lieu of; in place of; rather than",
"word": "yerine"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "zámistʹ",
"sense": "in lieu of; in place of; rather than",
"word": "за́мість"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "zamísto",
"sense": "in lieu of; in place of; rather than",
"word": "замі́сто"
},
{
"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"roman": "ke bajāy",
"sense": "in lieu of; in place of; rather than",
"word": "کے بجاۓ"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "in lieu of; in place of; rather than",
"word": "thay vì"
},
{
"code": "wa",
"lang": "Walloon",
"sense": "in lieu of; in place of; rather than",
"word": "estô di"
},
{
"code": "wa",
"lang": "Walloon",
"sense": "in lieu of; in place of; rather than",
"word": "el plaece di"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "in lieu of; in place of; rather than",
"word": "yn lle"
}
],
"word": "instead of"
}
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