both
Part of speech: det
pron
conj
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Middle English bothe, boþe, from Old English bā þā (“both the; both those”) and possibly reinforced by Old Norse báðir, from Proto-Germanic *bai. Cognate with Saterland Frisian bee (“both”), West Frisian beide (“both”), Dutch beide (“both”), German beide (“both”), Swedish både, båda, Danish både, Norwegian både, Icelandic báðir. Replaced Middle English bō, from Old English bā, a form of Old English bēġen. A remnant of the Indo-European dual grammatical number.
Inflected forms:
form: bothe
pos: det
tags: alternative
form: bothe
pos: pron
tags: alternative
form: bothe
pos: conj
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Each of the two; one and the other; referring to two individuals or items.
pos: det
examples: Both (the/my) children are such dolls.
Which one do you need? ―I need both of them.
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.
Around a third of both Black and White respondents said they believed the opposition Labour Party to be institutionally racist.
The proof (Tables 9 and 10) of idempotence for both OR and AND follows from examining the definition of each operation under the constraint that both inputs have the same value.
gloss: Each of the two, or of the two kinds.
pos: pron
examples: Did you want this one or that one? ―Give me both.
They were both here.
I've already lost both (of) my parents.
Irregular bedtimes may disrupt healthy brain development in young children, according to a study of intelligence and sleeping habits. ¶ Going to bed at a different time each night affected girls more than boys, but both fared worse on mental tasks than children who had a set bedtime, researchers found.
gloss: Including both of (used with and).
pos: conj
examples: I (can) both sing and dance.
Both you and I are students.
Mind you, clothes were clothes in those days. There was a great deal of them, lavish both in material and in workmanship.
gloss: Including all of (used with and).
pos: conj
tags: obsolete
examples: […] having much aduantage both in number, valure, and forepreparation […]
Both mongrel, puppy, whelp, and hound.
He prayeth well who loveth well both man and bird and beast.
[…] 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.
Related words: 2
2nd
couple
double
dual
neither
pair
second
twice
two
Translations:
lang: Arabic
word: كل من ... و ...
roman: kullun min ... wa ...
lang: Armenian
word: ե՛ւ ... ե՛ւ ...
roman: éw ... éw ...
lang: Catalan
word: tant ... com ...
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 既……又……
roman: jì... yòu...
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 又……又……
roman: yòu... yòu...
lang: Danish
word: både...og...
lang: Dutch
word: zowel ... als ...
lang: Esperanto
word: kaj ... kaj ...
lang: Finnish
word: sekä ... että
lang: French
word: à la fois ... et ...
lang: German
word: sowohl ... als auch
lang: Greek
word: και... και...
roman: kai... kai...
lang: Ancient Greek
word: καὶ... καὶ...
roman: kaì... kaì...
lang: Hindi
word: दोनों ... और ...
roman: donõ ... aur ...
lang: Hungarian
word: mind..., mind...
lang: Irish
word: idir... agus...
lang: Irish
word: ... agus ... le chéile
lang: Italian
word: sia... sia...
lang: Japanese
word: …でもあり…でもある
roman: ...demo ari...demo aru
lang: Japanese
word: …でも…でも
lang: Latin
word: et...et...
lang: Macedonian
word: и... и...
roman: i... i...
lang: Norwegian
word: både ... og ...
lang: Old English
word: ġe... ġe...
lang: Persian
word: هم... هم...
lang: Polish
word: zarówno..., jak i... i..., i...
lang: Portuguese
word: ambos ... e ...
lang: Portuguese
word: tanto ... quanto ...
lang: Romanian
word: atât ... cât și ...
lang: Russian
word: и... и...
roman: i... i...
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: an dà chuid... agus...
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: оба
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: обе
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: oba
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: obe
lang: Slovak
word: tak... ako...
lang: Slovene
word: tako ... kot ...
lang: Spanish
word: tanto... como...
lang: Spanish
word: y... por igual
lang: Swedish
word: både ... och
lang: Swedish
word: såväl ... som
lang: Turkish
word: hem... hem...