Definition of instead in English Turkish dictionary
- onun yerine
Onun yerine kart oynayalım.
-Let's play cards instead.
Benim canım çalışmak istemiyor. Onun yerine bir sinemaya gitmeye ne dersin?
-I don't feel like working. How about going to a movie instead?
- -eceğine
- karşılık olarak
- z. of -in yerine, -ecek yerde, -eceğine: He came here instead. Oraya gideceğine buraya geldi./Başkasının yerine kendisi buraya geldi
- (zarf) yerine
- Oraya gideceğine buraya geldi
- Başkasının yerine kendisi buraya geldi
- instead of yerine
- He came here instead
- bunun yerine
Çocuğum Kinpira style sauteed Gobo diyemiyor, her zaman bunun yerine Pinkira style sauteed Bogo diyor.
-My child cannot say Kinpira style sauteed Gobo, he always says Pinkira style sauteed Bogo instead.
Tom onun dikkatini çekmek için gecenin ortasında Mary'nin penceresine taşlar attı fakat bunun yerine onun camını kırarak sonuçlandı ve Mary'nin babası polisi aradı.
-Tom threw rocks at Mary's window in the middle of the night to get her attention, but he ended up breaking her window instead and Mary's father called the cops.
- -ecek yerde
- ivazına
- yerine
Aptal oğlumun ne yaptığını biliyor musun? Şimdi bile o üniversiteden mezun olup iş bulmak yerine tüm zamanını pachinko oynayarak geçiriyor.
-You know what my idiot son's doing? Even now he's graduated from university he spends all his time playing pachinko instead of getting a job.
Doğru olan cümleleri değiştirmeyin. Yerine doğal görünen alternatif çeviriler ekleyebilirsiniz.
-Don't change sentences that are correct. You can, instead, submit natural-sounding alternative translations.
- yerinde
- instead of
- yerine
İşe gitmek yerine bütün gün evde kaldım.
-I stayed at home all day instead of going to work.
Televizyon seyretmek yerine, dışarıya çıkıp biraz temiz hava al.
-Go out and breathe some fresh air instead of watching TV.
- instead of
- maktansa
- instead of
- mek yerine
- instead of
- (İnşaat) onun yerine
Tom onun yerine Mary'nin terfi alması gerçeğine kızdı.
-Tom resented the fact that Mary got the promotion instead of him.
Onun yerine ablası onlarla gitti.
-Instead of her, her sister went with them.
- instead of
- ivazına
- instead of
- (önek) -in yerine
- choose instead
- yerine seç
- accept this instead of cash
- para yerine bunu kabul et
- take this instead of cash
- para yerine bunu al
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Definition of instead in English English dictionary
- In the place of something (usually mentioned earlier); as a substitute or alternative
I was going to go shopping, but I went dancing instead.
- 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
- in place of, or as an alternative to; "Felix became a herpetologist instead"; "alternatively we could buy a used car"
- 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
- on the contrary; "rather than disappoint the children, he did two quick tricks before he left"; "he didn't call; rather (or instead), he wrote her a letter"; "used English terms instead of Latin ones"
- in place of; as a replacement
- In the place or room; usually followed by of
- Equivalent; equal to; usually with of
- instead of
- in lieu of; in place of; rather than
He walked to school instead of taking the car.
- instead of
- In place of; rather than: ordered chicken instead of fish
- instead of
- in place of
- ınstead
- {a} in the room or place
- instead of
- rather than
Rather than cutting down on cigarettes, why don't you just give them up?
-Instead of cutting down on cigarettes, why don't you just give them up?
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Definition of instead in Turkish English dictionary
- yerde instead of
- (preceded by a future participle): Tatlı yiyecek yerde meyve ye. Instead of eating sweet pastries, eat fruit
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Hyphenation
in·steadTurkish pronunciation
înstedSynonyms
in lieu of, alternately, alternative, as a substitute, in lieu, in place of, in preference, on behalf of, on second thought, preferably, rather, rather thanPronunciation
Etymology
() from ine stede Middle English, A loan-translation of in lieu of French,form Latin in loco .Common Collocations
instead ofResimler
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