instead

Pronunciation: [in'sted]

Average Rank: 658

Chinese Translation (中文翻译)
Source: ECDICT

adv. 作为替代, 反而

Detailed Explanations:
  • r in place of, or as an alternative to
  • r on the contrary; rather (or instead), he wrote her a letter"
ECDICT Dictionary Data
Collins Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆
Oxford 3000
Difficulty: BASIC
Exam Tags: zk gk

Word Frequency Rankings

Wikipedia
#404

Formal, encyclopedic, and academic usage

Percentile: 96.0% (Top 96.0% most frequent)
96.0%

Out of 10,000 words in the Wikipedia corpus

TV & Movie Scripts
#861

Conversational and colloquial usage

Percentile: 91.4% (Top 91.4% most frequent)
91.4%

Out of 10,000 words in the TV & Movie Scripts corpus

Project Gutenberg
#708

Classical and literary usage

Percentile: 92.9% (Top 92.9% most frequent)
92.9%

Out of 10,000 words in the Project Gutenberg corpus

Insights

This word appears in 3 corpus/corpora, showing its usage across academic, conversational, and literary contexts.

Usage pattern: Most frequent in Wikipedia, making it particularly important for that context.

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