instead
♦♦ in|stead /ɪnst'ed/
1 [PREP-PHRASE] PREP n/-ing
If you do one thing instead of another, you do the first thing and not the second thing, as the result of a choice or a change of behaviour.
They raised prices and cut production, instead of cutting costs...
Instead of going to work thinking that it will be totally boring, try to be positive.
2 [ADV] ADV with cl
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.
My husband asked why I couldn't just forget about dieting all the time and eat normally instead.
1 [PREP-PHRASE] PREP n/-ing
If you do one thing instead of another, you do the first thing and not the second thing, as the result of a choice or a change of behaviour.
They raised prices and cut production, instead of cutting costs...
Instead of going to work thinking that it will be totally boring, try to be positive.
2 [ADV] ADV with cl
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.
My husband asked why I couldn't just forget about dieting all the time and eat normally instead.