Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adverb In the place of something previously mentioned; as a substitute or an equivalent.
- adverb In preference; as an alternative.
from The Century Dictionary.
- In the stead; in place or room; hence, in equivalence or substitution: followed by of.
- In its stead; in place of it, or of the thing or act mentioned.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb In the place or room; -- usually followed by
of . - adverb rare Equivalent; equal to; -- usually with
of .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb In the place of something (usually mentioned earlier); as a
substitute oralternative
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb in place of, or as an alternative to
- adverb on the contrary
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Through my policy, which he arraigns, instead of the Thebans invading this country with Philip, as all expected, they joined our ranks and prevented him; instead of the war being in Attica, it took place seven hundred furlongs from the city on the confines of Botia; instead of corsair issuing from Euba to plunder us, Attica was in peace on the coast-side during the whole war; instead of Philip being master of the Hellespont by taking Byzantium, the Byzantines were our auxiliaries against him Does this computation of services, think you, resemble the casting of accounts?
III. On the Crown 1906
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I’ll pipe in that sometimes when searching it’s less effective for results to use layman terms – instead of “high blood sugar” it’s easier to search for “hyperglycemia”….instead of “fat” use “lipids”…..instead of “high blood pressure” use “hypertension – since many of the journals are targeting medical and scientific readers used to the medicalese.
Easy way to learn to search the medical literature | The Blog of Michael R. Eades, M.D. 2008
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Ms. Anderson said Chinese customers will buy a bottle of French Bordeaux because it had "Bordeaux" on the label instead of a comparable Australian wine.
Australia Winery Takes Root in China Gavin Lower 2011
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Their study also found that most people typically read only the first five lines of a label, but did much better when the information was placed in the center of a label instead of the side.
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The label instead signed the Tremeloes while the Beatles went to Parlophone.
BBC News - Home 2011
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According to the article, the show's name instead is short for "Wow That's Funny!"
TVBizwire Chuck Ross 2010
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According to the article, the show's name instead is short for "Wow That's Funny!"
TVBizwire Chuck Ross 2010
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If you're signed into a Google Account, the redesign now displays your name instead of your e-mail address at the top right.
Google socializes search further, redesigns navigation bar 2011
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If you're signed into a Google Account, the redesign now displays your name instead of your e-mail address at the top right.
Faster Forward: Google socializes search further, redesigns nav bar 2011
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If we live out our faith and truly live by our word instead of arguing, fighting and killing each other in the name of religion, causing even greater devastation, then tragedies like this could be quickly resolved, perhaps even avoided.
Sami Awad: Giving 1 Percent Of Jesus To Somalia Sami Awad 2011
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