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IN BRIEF: In place of, substitute.

A rumor is one thing that gets thicker instead of thinner as it is spread. — Richard Armour (1906-1989), US poet.

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Common misspelling(s) of instead

• instade

Dansk (Danish)
adv. - i stedet (for)

idioms:

• instead of    i stedet for

Nederlands (Dutch)
in plaats (daar)van

Français (French)
adv. - au lieu de cela, plutôt

idioms:

• instead of    au lieu de, à la place, (tenir) lieu de

Deutsch (German)
adv. - anstatt

idioms:

• instead of    anstatt, statt dessen, dafür

Ελληνική (Greek)
adv. - αντ' αυτού, στη θέση του

idioms:

• instead of    αντί του, αντί να

Italiano (Italian)
idioms:

• instead of    invece di

Português (Portuguese)
adv. - em substituição

idioms:

• instead of    em vez de

Русский (Russian)
вместо

idioms:

• instead of    вместо

Español (Spanish)
adv. - en vez, en lugar

idioms:

• instead of    en vez de, en lugar de

Svenska (Swedish)
adv. - i stället

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
改为, 更换, 抵作

idioms:

• instead of    代替

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adv. - 改為, 更換, 抵作

idioms:

• instead of    代替

한국어 (Korean)
adv. - 그 대신에, 그보다도

日本語 (Japanese)
adv. - その代わりとして, それよりも

idioms:

• instead of    代わりに, …しないで

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(ظرف) بدلا من, عوضا عن‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adv. - ‮במקום זאת‬

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