how to pronounce instead

/ˌɪnˈstɛd/

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instead is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of instead in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… food but served inside instead of on the …”

meanings of instead

adverb:

In the place of something (usually mentioned earlier); as a substitute or alternative.

instead frequency in english - A1 level of CEFR

the word instead occurs in english on average 272.5 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for A1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics instead can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that instead can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;