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/ɪn'stɛd/

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adverb
in place of, or as an alternative to
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"Felix became a herpetologist instead"

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alternatively or else
adverb
on the contrary
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"he didn't call; rather (or instead), he wrote her a letter" "used English terms instead of Latin ones"

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rather

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