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both

both
B b

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [bohth]
    • /boʊθ/
    • /bəʊθ/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [bohth]
    • /boʊθ/

Definitions of both word

  • determiner both You use both when you are referring to two people or things and saying that something is true about each of them. 3
  • determiner both Both is also a quantifier. 3
  • determiner both Both is also a pronoun. 3
  • determiner both Both is also an emphasizing pronoun. 3
  • determiner both Both is also a predeterminer. 3
  • conjunction both You use the structure both...and when you are giving two facts or alternatives and emphasizing that each of them is true or possible. 3

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Origin of both

First appearance:

before 1125
One of the 6% oldest English words
1125-75; Middle English bothe, bathe, influenced by Scandinavian (compare Old Norse bāthir both; cognate with German, Dutch beide, Gothic ba tho skipa both (the) ships, Old High German bêde < *bai thai); replacing Middle English bo, ba, Old English bā; cognate with Gothic bai; akin to Latin ambō, Greek ámphō, Lithuanian abù, Sanskrit ubháu

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Both

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

both popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 100% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

both usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for both

adj both

  • twainMark, pen name of Samuel Langhorne Clemens.

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