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INSTEAD

\ɪnstˈɛd], \ɪnstˈɛd], \ɪ_n_s_t_ˈɛ_d]\

Definitions of INSTEAD

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language

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In the place or room; - usually followed by of.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

In the place or room; - usually followed by of.

1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
By Noah Webster.

In room or place; followed by of.

1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer

In place of.

1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman

In place of.

1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
By James Champlin Fernald

In the place or room of.

1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.

adv. In the stead, place, or room.

1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language

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