| query | If you do not do something, but do something else i______, you do the second thing and not the first thing, as the result of a choice or a change of behaviour .If you do not do something, but do something else instead, you do the second thing and not the first thing, as the result of a choice or a change of behaviour . He reached for the glass but did not drink, pushed it, instead, across the table towards Joanna. The kitchen might have been workable had Nicola kept it tidy; instead it was littered with pots and pans. I decided to forget about dieting all the time and eat normally instead. |
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| word | instead |
| full-definition | adverb If you do not do something, but do something else instead, you do the second thing and not the first thing, as the result of a choice or a change of behaviour . He reached for the glass but did not drink, pushed it, instead, across the table towards Joanna. The kitchen might have been workable had Nicola kept it tidy; instead it was littered with pots and pans. I decided to forget about dieting all the time and eat normally instead. |
| cefr-level | A2 |
Tags: oxford5k::cefr-level:a2
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