āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
rather than
/ÉšËÉËÃ°É Ã°Én/
rather than
01
āĻāĻ° āĻŦāĻĻāĻ˛ā§
used to indicate a preference between two alternatives, often suggesting one option is chosen over the other
Collocation
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
Let 's go for a walk in the park rather than staying indoors.
āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāĻ° āĻāĻŋāĻ¤āĻ°ā§ āĻĨāĻžāĻāĻžāĻ°āĻŦāĻĻāĻ˛ā§ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻā§ āĻšāĻžāĻāĻāĻ¤ā§ āĻ¯āĻžāĻāĨ¤
rather than
01
āĻāĻ° āĻŦāĻĻāĻ˛ā§, āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§
used to express a preference or choice between two alternatives
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
She decided to walk to work rather than take the bus.
āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸ā§ āĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāĻ° āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻāĻžāĻā§ āĻšā§āĻāĻā§ āĻ¯āĻžāĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻ° āĻ¸āĻŋāĻĻā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻā§āĻ¨āĨ¤
āĻ¨āĻŋāĻāĻāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
