instead
In the place of something (usually mentioned earlier); as a substitute or alternative.
Adverb
- In the place of something (usually mentioned earlier); as a substitute or alternative.
- I was going to go shopping, but I went dancing instead.
- ‘It's rather like a beautiful Inverness cloak one has inherited. Much too good to hide away, so one wears it instead of an overcoat and pretends it's an amusing new fashion.’ - 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 5, in The...
- Seeing the British establishment struggle with the financial sector is like watching an alcoholic […]. Until 2008 there was denial over what finance had become. […] But the scandals kept coming, […]. A broad section of...
Origin
From in + stead, from Middle English ine (“in”) + stede (“stead”). Related to German statt.