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both

see also: Both

Pronunciation

Determiner

Each of the two; one and the other; referring to two individuals or items.
Both children are such dolls.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), imprinted at London: By Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981 ↗, Genesis 21:27 ↗:
  Abraham took sheep and oxen, and gave them unto Abimelech; and both of them made a covenant.
- He will not bear the loss of his rank, because he can bear the loss of his estate; but he will bear both, because he is prepared for both.

Translations

Pronoun

Each of the two, or of the two kinds.
"Did you want this one or that one?" — "Give me both."

Conjunction

Including both of (used with and).
Both you and I are students.
- 1977, Agatha Christie, chapter 4, in An Autobiography, part II, London: Collins, →ISBN:
  Mind you, clothes were clothes in those days. There was a great deal of them, lavish both in material and in workmanship.
(obsolete) Including all of (used with and).
- Both mongrel, puppy, whelp, and hound.
- He prayeth well who loveth well both man and bird and beast.
- 1892, Richard Congreve, Essays Political, Social, and Religious (volume 2, page 615)
  […] as he appreciates its beauty and its rich gifts, as he regards it with venerant love, fed by both his intellectual powers, his contemplation, and his meditation.

Translations

Both

Proper noun

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