"invece" meaning in Italian

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  "etymology_text": "From in + vece.",
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        "instead, but, whereas, on the contrary"
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          "word": "al contrario"
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          "word": "mentre"
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      "ipa": "/inˈve.t͡ʃe/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-etʃe"
    }
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        "rather than"
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