instead of
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instead - of -> instead of
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- If you don’t have olive oil, you can use sunflower oil instead.
- The committee has rejected our proposal. Instead, they have brought forward an alternative plan.
- [instead of] : Tickets will cost only £5, instead of the usual £6.50.
- Alison will be playing instead of me on Saturday.
- [instead of doing something] : Can’t we deal with this now instead of waiting until tomorrow?
Synonyms
in its place, as an alternative, as a substitute, as a replacement for, alternately, alternative, alternatively, contrary to, in lieu, in place of, in preference, in reverse, instead of, on behalf of, on second thought, on the contrary, oppositely, or, or not, or not exactly, or rather, preferably, rather, rather than, reversing it
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in its placeas an alternativeas a substituteas a replacement foralternatelyalternativealternativelycontrary toin lieuin place ofin preferencein reverseinstead ofon behalf ofon second thoughton the contraryoppositelyoror notor not exactlyor ratherpreferablyratherrather thanreversing itapplausebriefcoffee
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