in one's stead

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• General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /ɪn wʌns ˈstɛd/
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• rhymes with -ɛd
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From Middle English in ones stede, equivalent to in + one’s + stead (“function or position of someone or something, as taken on by a successor; (obsolete) place, spot”).

15 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Finnish: jälkeen — as a successor to someone or something
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܒܕܘܼܟܲܬ݂ (bdūkaṯ) — instead of or rather than someone or something
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܚܵܠܹܦ (ḥālēp) — instead of or rather than someone or something
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܡ̣ܢ ܓܹܢ݇ܒ (min gēb) — instead of or rather than someone or something
• Finnish: sijaan — instead of or rather than someone or something
• Finnish: sijasta — instead of or rather than someone or something
• Georgian: ადგილას (adgilas) — instead of or rather than someone or something
• German: statt — instead of or rather than someone or something
• Bavarian German: stått — instead of or rather than someone or something
• Macedonian: наместо (namesto) — instead of or rather than someone or something
• Macedonian: наместо тоа (namesto toa) — instead of or rather than someone or something
• Vietnamese: giùm — instead of or rather than someone or something
• Vietnamese: hộ — instead of or rather than someone or something
• Finnish: asemesta — as a person’s deputy or representative
• Finnish: sijaan — as a person’s deputy or representative