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Lieu

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. Archaic Place; stead.

idiom. in lieu of In place of; instead of.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. See in lieu or in lieu of.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. Place; room; stead; -- used only in the phrase in lieu of, that is, instead of.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. Place; room; stead: now only in the phrase in lieu of, which is equivalent to instead of.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. the post or function properly or customarily occupied or served by another

Word Usage

"Alderman Rick Lawrence proposed a city ordinance requiring parental notification in lieu of the state's law being enforced and a resolution, co-sponsored by Lawrence, former Alderman Chris Beykirch and Alderman Richard Irvin, was unanimously passed urging the state's parental notification law to go into effect."

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

office rôle part function

Hyponym

behalf

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

place room stead

Rhyme

Words with the same terminal sound

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Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

peu Eu nom eut avoit fait pris quelque peur personne