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INSTEAD

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (adverb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

In place of, or as an alternative to

Example:

alternatively we could buy a used car

Synonyms:

alternatively; instead; or else

Classified under:

Adverbs

Sense 2

Meaning:

On the contrary

Example:

used English terms instead of Latin ones

Synonyms:

instead; rather

Classified under:

Adverbs

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 Context examples: 

There was no evidence that the children’s hearing loss had worsened over this time, suggesting instead that a functional reorganisation was occurring.

(Mild-to-moderate hearing loss in children leads to changes in how brain processes sound, University of Cambridge)

A disorder of the liver characterized by the presence of fibrotic scar tissue instead of healthy liver tissue.

(Alcoholic Cirrhosis, NCI Thesaurus)

Treatment used instead of, or supplementary to, conventional Western-based practices.

(Alternative Medical Procedure, NCI Thesaurus)

When staying in hotels, put your suitcases on luggage racks instead of the floor.

(Bedbugs, Environmental Protection Agency)

For example, a special diet may be used instead of anticancer drugs as a treatment for cancer.

(Alternative medicine, NCI Dictionary)

In the current work, the thermal changes are instead driven by voltage.

(Electronic solid could reduce carbon emissions in fridges and air conditioners, University of Cambridge)

Researchers found that, instead, these responses may depend greatly on whether a protein encoded by the Shisa7 gene is stuck to GABAA receptors.

(‘Sticky’ gene may help Valium calm nerves, National Institutes of Health)

The so-called "rogue" planet does not revolve around a star, but instead rotates around the galactic center in interstellar space.

(Astronomers Discover New Planet Not Orbiting Any Star, VOA)

Instead of being in one place, their brain cells are spread all over the body, which gives the creature very precise control to each part of the body.

(Octopuses can dream, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

But now, the matter has taken the strangest turn of all; for this young lady, the same Miss Musgrove, instead of being to marry Frederick, is to marry James Benwick.

(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)