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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
instead/ɪnˈsted/

▶adverb as an alternative or substitute.

■ (instead of) in place of.

– origin ME: from in + stead.

'instead' also found in these Oxford entries:

adverse - -ae - and - ankh - antonomasia - Asiatic - bill - bionic - blank - bluestocking - bonus issue - brunch - ceresin - chalicothere - change - check - community service - concretize - could - designated hitter - distemper - dumb - duvet - dysphemism - else - en passant - ewe neck - grass widow - grog - harelip - he - historic present - homeschool - hospital trust - humpback whale - J - key card - lieu - like - lot - malapropism - -man - milk loaf - of - onion set - onto - ourself - paper - persistent

Forum discussions with the word(s) "instead" in the title:

... i hear you jobless... present idefinite instead perfect
...but I have/had to work instead.
'by' instead of 'of'
'feeling' instead of 'flavor'?
'Uni' instead of 'university'
/j/ instead of /d/
"a lot of" instead of "much, many, etc." in questions
"Ain't" instead "hasn't" or "haven't" in the simple present
"along with" instead of "in tandem with"
"At" (instead of "in") + Name of Town
"at" instead of "on" before gerund
"cheese" instead of "cottage cheese"?
"did before" instead of "used to" ?
"I not kill..." instead of " I do not kill.."
"left-hand side" instead of "on the left"
"Of whom" instead of "Whose"
"Only some/few" instead of "Only a part": why?
"real" instead of "really"
"that" instead of "where"
"The" instead of possessives (my,her,his,your)
"to go with the plane" instead of "to go by plane"
"tool" instead of "metric"?
"we denote by n an integer" instead of "n denotes ..."?
"What means ..." instead of "What does ... mean?"
"When?" instead of "huh?"
a function module that should be used instead of BAPI_USER_
a good/bad way, in a good/bad light instead of favorably/unfavorably
A-rab / Ay-rab instead of Arab
against or instead of?
Alternative word instead of "s***!"
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