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instead:
- in plaats van; ipv.
Wiktionary:
- instead → in plaats van
- instead → in plaats van

English

Detailed Translations for instead from English to Dutch

instead:

instead adv

instead (alternatively; instead of; or else)

– in place of, or as an alternative to ¹
in plaats van; ipv.
- in plaats van adj
- ipv.

Translation Matrix for instead:

Adverb	Related Translations	Other Translations
-	rather
Other	Related Translations	Other Translations
ipv.	alternatively; instead; instead of; or else	in place of; instead of
Modifier	Related Translations	Other Translations
in plaats van	alternatively; instead; instead of; or else	in place of; instead of

Synonyms for "instead":

alternatively; as an alternative; or else
rather

Related Definitions for "instead":

in place of, or as an alternative to¹
- Felix became a herpetologist instead¹
on the contrary¹
- he didn't call; rather (or instead), he wrote her a letter¹
- used English terms instead of Latin ones¹

Wiktionary Translations for instead:

instead

adverb

in the place of (it)
- instead → in plaats van

Cross Translation:

From	To	Via
• instead	→ in plaats van	↔ statt — leitet zusammen mit der Infinitivkonjunktion zu einen abhängigen Infinitiv ein und gibt einen Gegensatz an

Related Translations for instead

instead of

¹WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University