Instead Definition

ĭn-stĕd
adverb
In place of the person or thing mentioned: as an alternative or substitute.
To feel like crying, but to laugh instead.
Webster's New World
In preference; as an alternative.
Yearned instead for a home and family.
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Origin of Instead

  • Middle English in sted of in place of in in in1 stede place stead of of of

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • in +‎ stead, from Middle English ine (“in”) + stede (“stead”).

    From Wiktionary

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