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in·stead (in sted′)

adverb

in place of the person or thing mentioned: as an alternative or substitute to feel like crying and laugh instead

Etymology: in + stead

instead Idioms

instead of

in place of

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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