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Wiktionary

  1. instead ofpreposition

    in lieu of; in place of; rather than

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Instead ofprep.

    Etymology: A word formed by the coalition of in and stead, place.

    Vary the form of speech, and instead of the word church make it a question in politicks, whether the monument be in danger. Jonathan Swift.

    This very consideration to a wise man is instead of a thousand arguments, to satisfy him, that, in those times, no such thing was believed. John Tillotson, Sermons.

British National Corpus

  1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'instead of' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1590

  2. Written Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'instead of' in Written Corpus Frequency: #913

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of instead of in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of instead of in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of instead of in a Sentence

  1. Scott Mather:

    In general, more global divergence, more volatility and more overshoots will create great opportunities for active fixed income investors, but a good defense is required as monetary policy is likely to represent a headwind for all financial assets instead of the steady tailwind it has been for the past several years.

  2. Anne Manion:

    The cost implications are important and I'm going to wait and see if by the end of the year there is a way to rent these terminals instead of buying them.

  3. Laura Tremaine:

    Being specific about our physical ailments — instead of vague and dismissive — can actually deepen relationships and help us all feel less isolated in this process.

  4. Richie Merzian:

    There's bushfires that are ravaging Australia right now that are clearly linked to climate change and that are choking Australia's largest cities with all the smoke, instead of coming to Madrid to argue for more global action to address climate change, Australia is lobbying to do less.

  5. Nicole Morales:

    Democrats have spent decades taking the Hispanic vote for granted while pushing for failed policies on the economy, crime and border that disproportionately hurt Hispanics, the Hispanic community is flocking to the Republican Party because our Party shares their values, instead of attacking them.


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