başkasının yerine kendisi buraya geldi

Turkish - English

Definition of başkasının yerine kendisi buraya geldi in Turkish 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.

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

in place of, or as an alternative to; "Felix became a herpetologist instead"; "alternatively we could buy a used car"

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

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"

in place of; as a replacement

In the place or room; usually followed by of

Equivalent; equal to; usually with of

Hyphenation

baş·ka·sı·nın ye·ri·ne ken·di·si bu·ra·ya gel·di