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Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

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II. instead of PREP

instead of doing
instead of sth
the interest was 30% instead of 23%
instead of sb
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English
English
instead
instead of, in place of
instead of
to write sth instead of sth

in the PONS Dictionary

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instead of [ɪnˈsted ɒv, Am -ɑ:v] PREP

instead of sb/sth
à la place de qn/qc
instead of doing sth
French
French
English
English
to do instead of sth
instead of sth
in the PONS Dictionary
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instead of [ɪn·ˈsted əv] PREP

instead of sb/sth
à la place de qn/qc
instead of doing sth ,
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English
instead of sth

Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

instead of sb/sth
à la place de qn/qc
instead of doing sth

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