"instead of" meaning in English

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Preposition

Etymology: From Middle English in stede of, in stude of (“instead of”, literally “in stead of, in place of”), equivalent to in + stead + of. Cognate with Saterland Frisian insteede, ansteede (“instead of”), West Frisian ynstee (“instead of”), German anstatt (von) (“instead of”), Danish i stedet (“instead of”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|in stede of}} Middle English in stede of, {{m|enm|in stude of|lit=in stead of, in place of|t=instead of}} in stude of (“instead of”, literally “in stead of, in place of”), {{af|en|in|stead|of}} in + stead + of, {{cog|stq|insteede}} Saterland Frisian insteede, {{m|stq|ansteede|t=instead of}} ansteede (“instead of”), {{cog|fy|ynstee|t=instead of}} West Frisian ynstee (“instead of”), {{cog|de|anstatt|anstatt (von)|t=instead of}} German anstatt (von) (“instead of”), {{cog|da|i stedet|t=instead of}} Danish i stedet (“instead of”) Head templates: {{head|en|prepositions|head=}} instead of, {{en-prep}} instead of
  1. In lieu of; in place of; rather than. Translations (in lieu of; in place of; rather than): in plaas van (Afrikaans), në vend të (Albanian), në vend që (Albanian), ἀντί (antí) [with-genitive] (Ancient Greek), بَدَلًا مِن (badalan min) (Arabic), بدل ما (badal ma) [Egyptian-Arabic] (Arabic), فعوض ما (f-ʕūṭ ma) [Moroccan-Arabic] (Arabic), -অৰ সলনি (-or xoloni) (Assamese), əvəzinə (Azerbaijani), yerinə (Azerbaijani), урынына (urınına) (Bashkir), заме́ст (zamjést) (Belarusian), পরিবর্তে (poriborte) (Bengali), вме́сто (vmésto) (Bulgarian), en comptes de (Catalan), 而係 (Chinese Cantonese), 而系 (ji⁴ hai⁶) (Chinese Cantonese), 反而 (faan² ji⁴) (Chinese Cantonese), 而是 (ér shì) (Chinese Mandarin), 反而 (fǎn ér) (Chinese Mandarin), namísto (Czech), místo (Czech), i stedet for (Danish), in plaats van (Dutch), anstataŭ (Esperanto), selle asemel et (Estonian), selmet (Estonian), sen sijaan että (Finnish), sen sijaan (Finnish), asemesta (Finnish), à la place de (French), au lieu de (French), en vez de (Galician), en lugar de (Galician), en troques de (Galician), ნაცვლად (nacvlad) (Georgian), მაგივრად (magivrad) (Georgian), an Stelle von (German), anstelle von (German), statt (German), anstatt (German), anstelle (German), αντί (antí) (Greek), בִּמְקוֹם (bimkom) (Hebrew), के बजाय (ke bajāy) (Hindi), helyett (Hungarian), enstatt (Hunsrik), statts (Hunsrik), í staðin fyrir (Icelandic), vice (Ido), alih-alih (Indonesian), bukannya (Indonesian), mesto (Ingrian), in ionad (Irish), in áit (Irish), invece di (Italian), invece che (Italian), anziché (Italian), …の代わりに (... no kawari ni) (alt: …のかわりに) (Japanese), ~ 대신에 (alt: ~ daesine) (Korean), pro [with-ablative] (Latin), vice [with-genitive] (Latin), наместо (namesto) (Macedonian), место (mesto) (Macedonian), istedenfor (Norwegian), i staden for (Norwegian), i stedet for (Norwegian), به جای (be jâ-ye) (Persian), zamiast (Polish), ao invés de (Portuguese), em vez de (Portuguese), вме́сто (vmésto) (Russian), взаме́н (vzamén) (Russian), у̀мјесто [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), у̀место [Cyrillic, Ekavian] (Serbo-Croatian), ùmjesto [Ijekavian, Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), ùmesto [Ekavian, Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), namiesto (Slovak), namesto (Slovene), en lugar de (Spanish), en vez de (Spanish), i stället för (Swedish), బదులు (badulu) (Telugu), แทน (tɛɛn) (Thai), yerine (Turkish), за́мість (zámistʹ) (Ukrainian), замі́сто (zamísto) (Ukrainian), کے بجاۓ (ke bajāy) (Urdu), thay vì (Vietnamese), estô di (Walloon), el plaece di (Walloon), yn lle (Welsh)

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          "sense": "in lieu of; in place of; rather than",
          "word": "in plaas van"
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          "code": "sq",
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          "sense": "in lieu of; in place of; rather than",
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          "code": "as",
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          "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"
        },
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          "code": "bn",
          "lang": "Bengali",
          "roman": "poriborte",
          "sense": "in lieu of; in place of; rather than",
          "word": "পরিবর্তে"
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          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "vmésto",
          "sense": "in lieu of; in place of; rather than",
          "word": "вме́сто"
        },
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          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "in lieu of; in place of; rather than",
          "word": "en comptes de"
        },
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          "code": "yue",
          "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
          "sense": "in lieu of; in place of; rather than",
          "word": "而係"
        },
        {
          "code": "yue",
          "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
          "roman": "ji⁴ hai⁶",
          "sense": "in lieu of; in place of; rather than",
          "word": "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": [
            "with-genitive"
          ],
          "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": "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"
}
{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "in stede of"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English in stede of",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "in stude of",
        "lit": "in stead of, in place of",
        "t": "instead of"
      },
      "expansion": "in stude of (“instead of”, literally “in stead of, in place of”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "in",
        "3": "stead",
        "4": "of"
      },
      "expansion": "in + stead + of",
      "name": "af"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "stq",
        "2": "insteede"
      },
      "expansion": "Saterland Frisian insteede",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "stq",
        "2": "ansteede",
        "t": "instead of"
      },
      "expansion": "ansteede (“instead of”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fy",
        "2": "ynstee",
        "t": "instead of"
      },
      "expansion": "West Frisian ynstee (“instead of”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "anstatt",
        "3": "anstatt (von)",
        "t": "instead of"
      },
      "expansion": "German anstatt (von) (“instead of”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "i stedet",
        "t": "instead of"
      },
      "expansion": "Danish i stedet (“instead of”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English in stede of, in stude of (“instead of”, literally “in stead of, in place of”), equivalent to in + stead + of. Cognate with Saterland Frisian insteede, ansteede (“instead of”), West Frisian ynstee (“instead of”), German anstatt (von) (“instead of”), Danish i stedet (“instead of”).",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "prepositions",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "instead of",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "instead of",
      "name": "en-prep"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "prep",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Cantonese terms with redundant transliterations",
        "English compound terms",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English prepositions",
        "English terms derived from Middle English",
        "English terms inherited from Middle English",
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "Mandarin terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
        "Urdu terms with non-redundant manual transliterations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "He walked to school instead of taking the car.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "In lieu of; in place of; rather than."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "In lieu of",
          "in lieu of"
        ],
        [
          "in place of",
          "in place of"
        ],
        [
          "rather than",
          "rather than"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "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",
      "sense": "in lieu of; in place of; rather than",
      "word": "而係"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "ji⁴ hai⁶",
      "sense": "in lieu of; in place of; rather than",
      "word": "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": [
        "with-genitive"
      ],
      "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": "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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