"instead" meaning in English

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Adverb

IPA: /ɪnˈstɛd/ Audio: en-us-instead.ogg [US]
enPR: ĭn-stěd' Rhymes: -ɛd Etymology: in + stead, from Middle English ine (“in”) + stede (“stead”). Related to German statt. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|in|stead}} in + stead, {{der|en|enm|ine||in}} Middle English ine (“in”), {{m|enm|stede||stead}} stede (“stead”), {{cog|de|statt}} German statt Head templates: {{en-adv|-}} instead (not comparable)
  1. In the place of something (usually mentioned earlier); as a substitute or alternative. Tags: not-comparable Synonyms: in lieu, enstead [obsolete], in stead [obsolete] Derived forms: instead of Translations (in the place of (it)): në vend të (Albanian), në vend që (Albanian), بَدَلاً مِن (badalan min) (Arabic), ܚܠܦ (ħlap) [Syriac] (Aramaic), -অৰ সলনি (-or xoloni) (Assamese), আনহাতে (anhate) (Assamese), урынына (urınına) (Bashkir), পরিবর্তে (poriborte) (Bengali), kentoc'h (Breton), вме́сто (vmésto) (Bulgarian), 代替 (dàitì) (Chinese Mandarin), 抵作 (dǐzuò) (Chinese Mandarin), ⲁⲛⲧⲓ (anti) (Coptic), namísto (Czech), místo toho (Czech), i stedet (Danish), i stedet for (Danish), in plaats daarvan (Dutch), anstataŭe (Esperanto), asemasta (Finnish), sen sijaan (Finnish), sen sijasta (Finnish), tilalle (Finnish), à la place (French), au lieu de (French), stattdessen (German), anstatt (German), αντί (antí) (Greek), במקום (Hebrew), के बजाय (ke bajāy) (Hindi), helyette (Hungarian), inkább (Hungarian), í staðinn (Icelandic), í stað þess (Icelandic), malah (Indonesian), ina ionad (Irish), ina áit (Irish), in luogo di (Italian), invece (Italian), al posto di (Italian), ...の代わりに (...no kawari-ni) (Japanese), 대신에 (daesine) (Korean), наместо (namesto) (Macedonian), место (mesto) (Macedonian), isteden (Norwegian), i staden (Norwegian), i stedet (Norwegian), zamiast (Polish), em vez de (Portuguese), ao invés de (Portuguese), antes (Portuguese), în loc de (Romanian), вме́сто (vmésto) [with-genitive] (Russian), место [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), misto [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), мјесто [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), уместо [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), умјесто [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), mesto [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), misto [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), mjesto [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), umesto [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), umjesto [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), u zamjenu [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), mmeci (Sicilian), scanciu (Sicilian), namésto (Slovene), en vez de (Spanish), en lugar de (Spanish), istället (Swedish), แทน (taen) (Thai), yerine (Turkish), нато́мість (natómistʹ) (Ukrainian), invése (Venetian), invéze (Venetian), inveẑe (Venetian), thay vì (Vietnamese)

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          "ref": "2013 June 28, Joris Luyendijk, “Our banks are out of control”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 3, page 21",
          "text": "Seeing the British establishment struggle with the financial sector is like watching an alcoholic […]. Until 2008 there was denial over what finance had become. […] But the scandals kept coming, […]. A broad section of the political class now recognises the need for change but remains unable to see the necessity of a fundamental overhaul. Instead it offers fixes and patches.",
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          "tags": [
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        {
          "code": "sq",
          "lang": "Albanian",
          "sense": "in the place of (it)",
          "word": "në vend të"
        },
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          "code": "sq",
          "lang": "Albanian",
          "sense": "in the place of (it)",
          "word": "në vend që"
        },
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          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
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          "sense": "in the place of (it)",
          "word": "بَدَلاً مِن"
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          "lang": "Aramaic",
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          "sense": "in the place of (it)",
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          "word": "ܚܠܦ"
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          "code": "as",
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          "roman": "-or xoloni",
          "sense": "in the place of (it)",
          "word": "-অৰ সলনি"
        },
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          "code": "as",
          "lang": "Assamese",
          "roman": "anhate",
          "sense": "in the place of (it)",
          "word": "আনহাতে"
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          "code": "ba",
          "lang": "Bashkir",
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          "sense": "in the place of (it)",
          "word": "урынына"
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        {
          "code": "bn",
          "lang": "Bengali",
          "roman": "poriborte",
          "sense": "in the place of (it)",
          "word": "পরিবর্তে"
        },
        {
          "code": "br",
          "lang": "Breton",
          "sense": "in the place of (it)",
          "word": "kentoc'h"
        },
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          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "vmésto",
          "sense": "in the place of (it)",
          "word": "вме́сто"
        },
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "dàitì",
          "sense": "in the place of (it)",
          "word": "代替"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "dǐzuò",
          "sense": "in the place of (it)",
          "word": "抵作"
        },
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          "code": "cop",
          "lang": "Coptic",
          "roman": "anti",
          "sense": "in the place of (it)",
          "word": "ⲁⲛⲧⲓ"
        },
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          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "in the place of (it)",
          "word": "namísto"
        },
        {
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "in the place of (it)",
          "word": "místo toho"
        },
        {
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "in the place of (it)",
          "word": "i stedet"
        },
        {
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "in the place of (it)",
          "word": "i stedet for"
        },
        {
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "in the place of (it)",
          "word": "in plaats daarvan"
        },
        {
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "in the place of (it)",
          "word": "anstataŭe"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "in the place of (it)",
          "word": "asemasta"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "in the place of (it)",
          "word": "sen sijaan"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "in the place of (it)",
          "word": "sen sijasta"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "in the place of (it)",
          "word": "tilalle"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "in the place of (it)",
          "word": "à la place"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "in the place of (it)",
          "word": "au lieu de"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "in the place of (it)",
          "word": "stattdessen"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "in the place of (it)",
          "word": "anstatt"
        },
        {
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "antí",
          "sense": "in the place of (it)",
          "word": "αντί"
        },
        {
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "sense": "in the place of (it)",
          "word": "במקום"
        },
        {
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "ke bajāy",
          "sense": "in the place of (it)",
          "word": "के बजाय"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "in the place of (it)",
          "word": "helyette"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "in the place of (it)",
          "word": "inkább"
        },
        {
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "in the place of (it)",
          "word": "í staðinn"
        },
        {
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "in the place of (it)",
          "word": "í stað þess"
        },
        {
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "in the place of (it)",
          "word": "malah"
        },
        {
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "in the place of (it)",
          "word": "ina ionad"
        },
        {
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "in the place of (it)",
          "word": "ina áit"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "in the place of (it)",
          "word": "in luogo di"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "in the place of (it)",
          "word": "invece"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "in the place of (it)",
          "word": "al posto di"
        },
        {
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "...no kawari-ni",
          "sense": "in the place of (it)",
          "word": "...の代わりに"
        },
        {
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "daesine",
          "sense": "in the place of (it)",
          "word": "대신에"
        },
        {
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "namesto",
          "sense": "in the place of (it)",
          "word": "наместо"
        },
        {
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "mesto",
          "sense": "in the place of (it)",
          "word": "место"
        },
        {
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "in the place of (it)",
          "word": "isteden"
        },
        {
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "in the place of (it)",
          "word": "i staden"
        },
        {
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "in the place of (it)",
          "word": "i stedet"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "in the place of (it)",
          "word": "zamiast"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "in the place of (it)",
          "word": "em vez de"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "in the place of (it)",
          "word": "ao invés de"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "in the place of (it)",
          "word": "antes"
        },
        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "in the place of (it)",
          "word": "în loc de"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "vmésto",
          "sense": "in the place of (it)",
          "tags": [
            "with-genitive"
          ],
          "word": "вме́сто"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "in the place of (it)",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic"
          ],
          "word": "место"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "in the place of (it)",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic"
          ],
          "word": "misto"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "in the place of (it)",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic"
          ],
          "word": "мјесто"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "in the place of (it)",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic"
          ],
          "word": "уместо"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "in the place of (it)",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic"
          ],
          "word": "умјесто"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "in the place of (it)",
          "tags": [
            "Roman"
          ],
          "word": "mesto"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "in the place of (it)",
          "tags": [
            "Roman"
          ],
          "word": "misto"
        },
        {
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          "tags": [
            "Roman"
          ],
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        },
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          "code": "sh",
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          "tags": [
            "Roman"
          ],
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        },
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          "code": "sh",
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          "tags": [
            "Roman"
          ],
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        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "in the place of (it)",
          "tags": [
            "Roman"
          ],
          "word": "u zamjenu"
        },
        {
          "code": "scn",
          "lang": "Sicilian",
          "sense": "in the place of (it)",
          "word": "mmeci"
        },
        {
          "code": "scn",
          "lang": "Sicilian",
          "sense": "in the place of (it)",
          "word": "scanciu"
        },
        {
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "in the place of (it)",
          "word": "namésto"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "in the place of (it)",
          "word": "en vez de"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "in the place of (it)",
          "word": "en lugar de"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "in the place of (it)",
          "word": "istället"
        },
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          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "taen",
          "sense": "in the place of (it)",
          "word": "แทน"
        },
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          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "in the place of (it)",
          "word": "yerine"
        },
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          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "natómistʹ",
          "sense": "in the place of (it)",
          "word": "нато́мість"
        },
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          "code": "vec",
          "lang": "Venetian",
          "sense": "in the place of (it)",
          "word": "invése"
        },
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          "code": "vec",
          "lang": "Venetian",
          "sense": "in the place of (it)",
          "word": "invéze"
        },
        {
          "code": "vec",
          "lang": "Venetian",
          "sense": "in the place of (it)",
          "word": "inveẑe"
        },
        {
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "in the place of (it)",
          "word": "thay vì"
        }
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        "US"
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      "enpr": "ĭn-stěd'"
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  "word": "instead"
}
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      "word": "instead of"
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        "Macedonian terms with redundant script codes",
        "Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations",
        "Rhymes:English/ɛd",
        "Rhymes:English/ɛd/2 syllables"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "I was going to go shopping, but I went dancing instead.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2013 June 28, Joris Luyendijk, “Our banks are out of control”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 3, page 21",
          "text": "Seeing the British establishment struggle with the financial sector is like watching an alcoholic […]. Until 2008 there was denial over what finance had become. […] But the scandals kept coming, […]. A broad section of the political class now recognises the need for change but remains unable to see the necessity of a fundamental overhaul. Instead it offers fixes and patches.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "In the place of something (usually mentioned earlier); as a substitute or alternative."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "substitute",
          "substitute"
        ],
        [
          "alternative",
          "alternative"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "not-comparable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɪnˈstɛd/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛd"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-instead.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/a5/En-us-instead.ogg/En-us-instead.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a5/En-us-instead.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    },
    {
      "enpr": "ĭn-stěd'"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "in lieu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "enstead"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "in stead"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "in the place of (it)",
      "word": "në vend të"
    },
    {
      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "in the place of (it)",
      "word": "në vend që"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "badalan min",
      "sense": "in the place of (it)",
      "word": "بَدَلاً مِن"
    },
    {
      "code": "syc",
      "lang": "Aramaic",
      "roman": "ħlap",
      "sense": "in the place of (it)",
      "tags": [
        "Syriac"
      ],
      "word": "ܚܠܦ"
    },
    {
      "code": "as",
      "lang": "Assamese",
      "roman": "-or xoloni",
      "sense": "in the place of (it)",
      "word": "-অৰ সলনি"
    },
    {
      "code": "as",
      "lang": "Assamese",
      "roman": "anhate",
      "sense": "in the place of (it)",
      "word": "আনহাতে"
    },
    {
      "code": "ba",
      "lang": "Bashkir",
      "roman": "urınına",
      "sense": "in the place of (it)",
      "word": "урынына"
    },
    {
      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "poriborte",
      "sense": "in the place of (it)",
      "word": "পরিবর্তে"
    },
    {
      "code": "br",
      "lang": "Breton",
      "sense": "in the place of (it)",
      "word": "kentoc'h"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "vmésto",
      "sense": "in the place of (it)",
      "word": "вме́сто"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "dàitì",
      "sense": "in the place of (it)",
      "word": "代替"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "dǐzuò",
      "sense": "in the place of (it)",
      "word": "抵作"
    },
    {
      "code": "cop",
      "lang": "Coptic",
      "roman": "anti",
      "sense": "in the place of (it)",
      "word": "ⲁⲛⲧⲓ"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "in the place of (it)",
      "word": "namísto"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "in the place of (it)",
      "word": "místo toho"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "in the place of (it)",
      "word": "i stedet"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "in the place of (it)",
      "word": "i stedet for"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "in the place of (it)",
      "word": "in plaats daarvan"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "in the place of (it)",
      "word": "anstataŭe"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "in the place of (it)",
      "word": "asemasta"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "in the place of (it)",
      "word": "sen sijaan"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "in the place of (it)",
      "word": "sen sijasta"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "in the place of (it)",
      "word": "tilalle"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "in the place of (it)",
      "word": "à la place"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "in the place of (it)",
      "word": "au lieu de"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "in the place of (it)",
      "word": "stattdessen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "in the place of (it)",
      "word": "anstatt"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "antí",
      "sense": "in the place of (it)",
      "word": "αντί"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "sense": "in the place of (it)",
      "word": "במקום"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "ke bajāy",
      "sense": "in the place of (it)",
      "word": "के बजाय"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "in the place of (it)",
      "word": "helyette"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "in the place of (it)",
      "word": "inkább"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "in the place of (it)",
      "word": "í staðinn"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "in the place of (it)",
      "word": "í stað þess"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "in the place of (it)",
      "word": "malah"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "in the place of (it)",
      "word": "ina ionad"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "in the place of (it)",
      "word": "ina áit"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "in the place of (it)",
      "word": "in luogo di"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "in the place of (it)",
      "word": "invece"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "in the place of (it)",
      "word": "al posto di"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "...no kawari-ni",
      "sense": "in the place of (it)",
      "word": "...の代わりに"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "daesine",
      "sense": "in the place of (it)",
      "word": "대신에"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "namesto",
      "sense": "in the place of (it)",
      "word": "наместо"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "mesto",
      "sense": "in the place of (it)",
      "word": "место"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "in the place of (it)",
      "word": "isteden"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "in the place of (it)",
      "word": "i staden"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "in the place of (it)",
      "word": "i stedet"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "in the place of (it)",
      "word": "zamiast"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "in the place of (it)",
      "word": "em vez de"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "in the place of (it)",
      "word": "ao invés de"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "in the place of (it)",
      "word": "antes"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "in the place of (it)",
      "word": "în loc de"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vmésto",
      "sense": "in the place of (it)",
      "tags": [
        "with-genitive"
      ],
      "word": "вме́сто"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "in the place of (it)",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "место"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "in the place of (it)",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "misto"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "in the place of (it)",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "мјесто"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "in the place of (it)",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "уместо"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "in the place of (it)",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "умјесто"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "in the place of (it)",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "mesto"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "in the place of (it)",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "misto"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "in the place of (it)",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "mjesto"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "in the place of (it)",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "umesto"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "in the place of (it)",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "umjesto"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "in the place of (it)",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "u zamjenu"
    },
    {
      "code": "scn",
      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "sense": "in the place of (it)",
      "word": "mmeci"
    },
    {
      "code": "scn",
      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "sense": "in the place of (it)",
      "word": "scanciu"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "in the place of (it)",
      "word": "namésto"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "in the place of (it)",
      "word": "en vez de"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "in the place of (it)",
      "word": "en lugar de"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "in the place of (it)",
      "word": "istället"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "taen",
      "sense": "in the place of (it)",
      "word": "แทน"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "in the place of (it)",
      "word": "yerine"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "natómistʹ",
      "sense": "in the place of (it)",
      "word": "нато́мість"
    },
    {
      "code": "vec",
      "lang": "Venetian",
      "sense": "in the place of (it)",
      "word": "invése"
    },
    {
      "code": "vec",
      "lang": "Venetian",
      "sense": "in the place of (it)",
      "word": "invéze"
    },
    {
      "code": "vec",
      "lang": "Venetian",
      "sense": "in the place of (it)",
      "word": "inveẑe"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "in the place of (it)",
      "word": "thay vì"
    }
  ],
  "word": "instead"
}

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