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'stead

'stead is the abbreviation of instead.

Meaning of instead

Adverb

instead (not comparable)

  1. In the place of something (usually mentioned earlier); as a substitute or alternative.
    • I was going to go shopping, but I went dancing instead.
    Synonyms:
    in lieu

Questions about 'stead

What is 'stead the abbreviation of?
'stead is the abbreviation of instead.

Words near 'stead in the dictionary

  1. 'spros
  2. 'stache
  3. 'staches
  4. 'stan
  5. 'stans
  6. 'stead
  7. 'straunt
  8. 'straunts
  9. 'Straya
  10. 'Strayan
  11. 'Strayans

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Adapted from Wiktionary: 'stead (page history and authors); instead (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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