sen sijaan

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الفنلندية - التركية
onun yerine
bunun yerine
الفنلندية - الإنجليزية
instead

Why did you tear the cloth instead of cutting it with scissors? - Miksi revit kankaan sen sijaan, että olisit leikannut sen saksilla?

You'd better go find a job instead of fucking around. - Sun olis parempi hommata töitä sen sijaan, et sä vaan vittu pelleilet.

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