معنی کلمه instead

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n place of someone or something else:
There's no coffee - would you like a cup of tea instead?
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in lieu (of) formal
alternatively

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I'm going to drop yoga and do aerobics instead.
How on earth could they knock down a lovely old building like that and put a car park there instead?

rather than; as an alternative:
If we don’t go to Europe this summer, where would you like to go instead (= what other place would you like to go)?
We went by train instead of by car.

instead of = بعوض، بجای.

used to say what is done, when you have just said that a particular thing is not done

You probably picked up my keys instead of yours = احتمالا کلیدهای منو جای کلیدهای خودت برداشتی

in place of

as a replacement

travel by train instead: AS AN ALTERNATIVE, in lieu, alternatively; rather, by contrast, for preference

AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO, as a substitute for, as a replacement for, in place of

Instead, only try to realize the truth.