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steada

steada is the contraction of instead of.

Meaning of instead of

Preposition

instead of

  1. In lieu of; in place of; rather than.
    • He walked to school instead of taking the car.

Questions about steada

What is steada the contraction of?
Steada is the contraction of instead of.

Words near steada in the dictionary

  1. Ste. Genevieve County
  2. Ste. Genevievian
  3. Ste. Genevievians
  4. steacyite
  5. stead
  6. steada
  7. steadable
  8. steade
  9. steaded
  10. steadfast
  11. steadfaster

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Adapted from Wiktionary: steada (page history and authors); instead of (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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