Definition of instead for in English Turkish dictionary
- instead
- onun yerine
Benim canım çalışmak istemiyor. Onun yerine bir sinemaya gitmeye ne dersin?
-I don't feel like working. How about going to a movie instead?
Tom Boston'a transfer edilecekti fakat onun yerine onu kovmaya karar verdiler.
-Tom was going to be transferred to Boston, but they decided to fire him instead.
- 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.
Bunun yerine sana başka sorununda yardım edeyim.
-Let me help you with your other problem instead.
- instead
- -eceğine
- instead
- karşılık olarak
- instead
- -ecek yerde
- instead
- z. of -in yerine, -ecek yerde, -eceğine: He came here instead. Oraya gideceğine buraya geldi./Başkasının yerine kendisi buraya geldi
- instead
- (zarf) yerine
- instead
- Oraya gideceğine buraya geldi
- instead
- Başkasının yerine kendisi buraya geldi
- instead
- instead of yerine
- instead
- He came here instead
- instead
- yerinde
- instead
- ivazına
- instead
- 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.
Televizyon seyretmek yerine, dışarıya çıkıp biraz temiz hava al.
-Go out and breathe some fresh air instead of watching TV.
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Definition of instead for in English English dictionary
- instead
- In the place of something (usually mentioned earlier); as a substitute or alternative
I was going to go shopping, but I went dancing instead.
- 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
- instead
- in place of, or as an alternative to; "Felix became a herpetologist instead"; "alternatively we could buy a used car"
- instead
- 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
- 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"
- instead
- in place of; as a replacement
- instead
- In the place or room; usually followed by of
- instead
- Equivalent; equal to; usually with of