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In lieu of; in place of; rather than.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- He walked to school instead of taking the car.
- I wish I were rich instead of poor.
- The baby put the food on his face instead of in his mouth.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
From Middle English in stede of, in stude of (“instead of”, literally “in stead of, in place of”), equivalent to in + stead + of (cf. in one's stead). Cognate with Saterland Frisian insteede, ansteede (“instead of”), West Frisian ynstee (“instead of”), Dutch instede (“instead of”), German anstatt (von) (“instead of”), Danish i stedet (“instead of”).
Across languages
Translations
96 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Afrikaans:
in plaas van
— in lieu of; in place of; rather than
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Albanian:
në vend të
— in lieu of; in place of; rather than
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Albanian:
në vend që
— in lieu of; in place of; rather than
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Arabic:
بَدَلًا مِن
(badalan min)
— in lieu of; in place of; rather than
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Arabic:
بدل ما
(badal ma)
— in lieu of; in place of; rather than
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Arabic:
مكان
(mukan)
— in lieu of; in place of; rather than
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Arabic:
بدال
(badāl)
— in lieu of; in place of; rather than
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Arabic:
فعوض ما
(f-ʕūṭ ma)
— in lieu of; in place of; rather than
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Armenian:
փոխարեն
(pʻoxaren)
— in lieu of; in place of; rather than
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Assamese:
-অৰ সলনি
(-or xoloni)
— in lieu of; in place of; rather than
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Azerbaijani:
əvəzinə
— in lieu of; in place of; rather than
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Azerbaijani:
yerinə
— in lieu of; in place of; rather than
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Bashkir:
урынына
(urınına)
— in lieu of; in place of; rather than
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Belarusian:
заме́ст
(zamjést)
— in lieu of; in place of; rather than
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Bengali:
পরিবর্তে
(poriborte)
— in lieu of; in place of; rather than
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Bulgarian:
вме́сто
(vmésto)
— in lieu of; in place of; rather than
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Catalan:
en comptes de
— in lieu of; in place of; rather than
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Chinese Cantonese:
而係 /而系
(ji4 hai6)
— in lieu of; in place of; rather than
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Chinese Cantonese:
反而
(faan2 ji4)
— in lieu of; in place of; rather than
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Chinese Mandarin:
而是
(érshì)
— in lieu of; in place of; rather than
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Chinese Mandarin:
反而
(fǎn'ér)
— in lieu of; in place of; rather than
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Czech:
namísto
— in lieu of; in place of; rather than
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Czech:
místo
— in lieu of; in place of; rather than
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Danish:
i stedet for
— in lieu of; in place of; rather than
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Dutch:
in plaats van
— in lieu of; in place of; rather than
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Esperanto:
anstataŭ
— in lieu of; in place of; rather than
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Estonian:
selle asemel et
— in lieu of; in place of; rather than
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Estonian:
selmet
— in lieu of; in place of; rather than
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Finnish:
sen sijaan että
— in lieu of; in place of; rather than
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Finnish:
sen sijaan
— in lieu of; in place of; rather than
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Finnish:
asemesta
— in lieu of; in place of; rather than
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French:
à la place de
— in lieu of; in place of; rather than
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French:
au lieu de
— in lieu of; in place of; rather than
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Galician:
en vez de
— in lieu of; in place of; rather than
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Galician:
en lugar de
— in lieu of; in place of; rather than
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Galician:
en troques de
— in lieu of; in place of; rather than
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Georgian:
ნაცვლად
(nacvlad)
— in lieu of; in place of; rather than
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Georgian:
მაგივრად
(magivrad)
— in lieu of; in place of; rather than
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German:
an Stelle von
— in lieu of; in place of; rather than
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German:
anstelle von
— in lieu of; in place of; rather than
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German:
statt
— in lieu of; in place of; rather than
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German:
anstatt
— in lieu of; in place of; rather than
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German:
anstelle
— in lieu of; in place of; rather than
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Greek:
αντί
(antí)
— in lieu of; in place of; rather than
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Ancient Greek:
ἀντί
(antí)
— in lieu of; in place of; rather than
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Hebrew:
בִּמְקוֹם
(bimkom)
— in lieu of; in place of; rather than
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Hindi:
के बजाय
(ke bajāy)
— in lieu of; in place of; rather than
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Hungarian:
helyett
— in lieu of; in place of; rather than
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Hunsrik:
enstatt
— in lieu of; in place of; rather than
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Hunsrik:
statts
— in lieu of; in place of; rather than
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Icelandic:
í staðin fyrir
— in lieu of; in place of; rather than
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Ido:
vice
— in lieu of; in place of; rather than
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Indonesian:
alih-alih
— in lieu of; in place of; rather than
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Indonesian:
bukannya
— in lieu of; in place of; rather than
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Ingrian:
mesto
— in lieu of; in place of; rather than
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Ingrian:
sihas
— in lieu of; in place of; rather than
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Irish:
in ionad
— in lieu of; in place of; rather than
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Irish:
in áit
— in lieu of; in place of; rather than
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Italian:
invece di
— in lieu of; in place of; rather than
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Italian:
invece che
— in lieu of; in place of; rather than
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Italian:
anziché
— in lieu of; in place of; rather than
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Japanese:
...の代わりに
(... no kawari ni)
— in lieu of; in place of; rather than
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Korean:
~ 대신에
— in lieu of; in place of; rather than
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Latin:
pro
— in lieu of; in place of; rather than
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Latin:
vice
— in lieu of; in place of; rather than
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Macedonian:
наместо
(namesto)
— in lieu of; in place of; rather than
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Macedonian:
место
(mesto)
— in lieu of; in place of; rather than
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Malay:
daripada
— in lieu of; in place of; rather than
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Norwegian Bokmål:
istedenfor
— in lieu of; in place of; rather than
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Norwegian Bokmål:
i staden for
— in lieu of; in place of; rather than
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Norwegian Bokmål:
i stedet for
— in lieu of; in place of; rather than
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Iranian Persian:
بِه جایِ
(be jâ-ye)
— in lieu of; in place of; rather than
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Polish:
zamiast
— in lieu of; in place of; rather than
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Portuguese:
ao invés de
— in lieu of; in place of; rather than
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Portuguese:
em vez de
— in lieu of; in place of; rather than
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Russian:
вме́сто
(vmésto)
— in lieu of; in place of; rather than
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Russian:
взаме́н
(vzamén)
— in lieu of; in place of; rather than
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Serbo-Croatian:
у̀мјесто
— in lieu of; in place of; rather than
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Serbo-Croatian:
у̀место
— in lieu of; in place of; rather than
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Serbo-Croatian:
ùmjesto
— in lieu of; in place of; rather than
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Serbo-Croatian:
ùmesto
— in lieu of; in place of; rather than
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Slovak:
namiesto
— in lieu of; in place of; rather than
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Slovene:
namesto
— in lieu of; in place of; rather than
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Spanish:
en lugar de
— in lieu of; in place of; rather than
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Spanish:
en vez de
— in lieu of; in place of; rather than
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Swedish:
i stället för
— in lieu of; in place of; rather than
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Telugu:
బదులు
(badulu)
— in lieu of; in place of; rather than
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Thai:
แทน
(tɛɛn)
— in lieu of; in place of; rather than
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Turkish:
yerine
— in lieu of; in place of; rather than
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Ukrainian:
за́мість
(zámistʹ)
— in lieu of; in place of; rather than
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Ukrainian:
замі́сто
(zamísto)
— in lieu of; in place of; rather than
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Urdu:
کے بَجائے
(ke bajāe)
— in lieu of; in place of; rather than
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Vietnamese:
thay vì
— in lieu of; in place of; rather than
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Walloon:
estô di
— in lieu of; in place of; rather than
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Walloon:
el plaece di
— in lieu of; in place of; rather than
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Welsh:
yn lle
— in lieu of; in place of; rather than
