Meaning Of The Word Instead

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instead
adverb: If you do not do something, but do something else instead, you do the second thing and not the first thing, as the result of a choice or a change of behaviour.

instead in American English
in place of the person or thing mentioned: as an alternative or substitute
adverb: as a substitute or replacement; in the place or stead of someone or something

instead in British English
adverb: as a replacement, substitute, or alternative

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