instead of

English - Turkish

Definition of instead of in English Turkish dictionary

İşe gitmek yerine bütün gün evde kaldım. - I stayed at home all day instead of going to work.

Televizyon seyretmek yerine, dışarıya çıkıp biraz temiz hava al. - Go out and breathe some fresh air instead of watching TV.

onun yerine

Neden onun yerine ben dövülürüm? - Why am I getting beaten up instead of him?

Onun yerine ablası onlarla gitti. - Instead of her, her sister went with them.

Onun yerine, arabayı iade edebilir miyim? - May I return the car instead?

Benim canım çalışmak istemiyor. Onun yerine bir sinemaya gitmeye ne dersin? - I don't feel like working. How about going to a movie instead?

instead

bunun yerine

Tom onun dikkatini çekmek için gecenin ortasında Mary'nin penceresine taşlar attı fakat bunun yerine onun camını kırarak sonuçlandı ve Mary'nin babası polisi aradı. - Tom threw rocks at Mary's window in the middle of the night to get her attention, but he ended up breaking her window instead and Mary's father called the cops.

Bunun yerine sana başka sorununda yardım edeyim. - Let me help you with your other problem instead.

z. of -in yerine, -ecek yerde, -eceğine: He came here instead. Oraya gideceğine buraya geldi./Başkasının yerine kendisi buraya geldi

in place of

yerine

Bir sandalye yerine lütfen bu ahşap kutuyu kullan. - Please use this wooden box in place of a chair.

Onun yerine toplantıya katıldım. - I attended the meeting in place of him.

Oraya gideceğine buraya geldi

instead

Başkasının yerine kendisi buraya geldi

(Askeri) giriş-çıkış

Aptal oğlumun ne yaptığını biliyor musun? Şimdi bile o üniversiteden mezun olup iş bulmak yerine tüm zamanını pachinko oynayarak geçiriyor. - You know what my idiot son's doing? Even now he's graduated from university he spends all his time playing pachinko instead of getting a job.

Doğru olan cümleleri değiştirmeyin. Yerine doğal görünen alternatif çeviriler ekleyebilirsiniz. - Don't change sentences that are correct. You can, instead, submit natural-sounding alternative translations.

(Askeri) (INPUT/OUTPUT) GİRDİ/ÇIKTI, GİRİŞ VEYA ÇIKIŞ VEYA HER İKİSİ

i/o

G/Ç

say

{i} son söz

Son sözümü söylemedim! - I didn't say my last word!

Maalesef, Fadil'in bu konuda son sözü yok. - Unfortunately, Fadil doesn't have a final say on this.

say

{f} bildirmek

Ben onun hakkında size bildirmek istedim ama Tom bir şey söylemememi söyledi. - I wanted to let you know about that, but Tom told me not to say anything.

say

(isim) söz, laf, son söz

English - English

Definition of instead of in English English dictionary: in lieu of; in place of; rather than
He walked to school instead of taking the car.; say; In place of; rather than: ordered chicken instead of fish; in place of; rather than
Rather than cutting down on cigarettes, why don't you just give them up? - Instead of cutting down on cigarettes, why don't you just give them up?
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.
instead of.: i/o
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
instead: in place of, or as an alternative to; "Felix became a herpetologist instead"; "alternatively we could buy a used car"
instead: 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
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"
instead: in place of; as a replacement
instead: In the place or room; usually followed by of
instead: Equivalent; equal to; usually with of