Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - both
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predeterminer, determiner, pronoun 1 used to talk about two people, things, situations etc together (Both Helen's parents are doctors. | Both sides are keen to reach an agreement. | "I don't know which book to buy." "Why not buy both of them?" | They both started speaking together.) (- compare either1) 2 both...and... used to emphasize that something is true not just of one person, thing, or situation but also of another (He's lived in both Britain and America. | She can both speak and write Japanese. | We were treated with both tolerance and compassion.)
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Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. You use both when you are referring to two people or things and saying that something is true about each of them. She cried out in fear and flung both arms up to protect her face... Put both vegetables into a bowl and crush with a potato masher. DET: DET pl-n • Both is also a quantifier. Both of these women have strong memories of the Vietnam War... We’re going to Andreas’s Boutique to pick out something original for both of us. QUANT: QUANT of pl-n • Both is also a pronoun. Miss Brown and her friend, both from Stoke, were arrested on the 8th of June... Will there be public-works programmes, or community service, or both? PRON • Both is also an emphasizing pronoun. He visited the Institute of Neurology in Havana where they both worked... ‘Well, I’ll leave you both, then,’ said Gregory. PRON: n PRON • Both is also a predeterminer. Both the band’s writers are fascinating lyricists... Both the horses were out, tacked up and ready to ride. PREDET: PREDET det pl-n c darkgreen]emphasis 2. You use the structure both...and when you are giving two facts or alternatives and emphasizing that each of them is true or possible. Now women work both before and after having their children... Any such action would have to be approved by both American and Saudi leaders. CONJ ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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I. pronoun, plural in construction Etymology: Middle English ~e, probably from Old Norse bathir; akin to Old High German beide ~ Date: 12th century the one as well as the other ~ of us we are ~ well $1000 fine or 30 days in jail, or ~ II. conjunction Date: 12th century — used as a function word to indicate and stress the inclusion of each of two or more things specified by coordinated words, phrases, or clauses prized ~ for its beauty and for its utility he…who loveth well ~ man and bird and beast — S. T. Coleridge III. adjective Date: 13th century being the two ; affecting or involving the one and the other ~ feet ~ his eyes ~ these armies ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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adj., pron., & adv. --adj. & pron. the two, not only one (both boys; both the boys; both of the boys; the boys are both here). Usage Widely used with of, esp. when followed by a pronoun (e.g. both of us) or a noun implying separate rather than collective consideration, e.g. both of the boys suggests each boy rather than the two together. --adv. with equal truth in two cases (both the boy and his sister are here; are both here and hungry). Phrases and idioms both ways = each way. have it both ways alternate between two incompatible points of view to suit the needs of the moment. Etymology: ME f. ON b{aacute}thir ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. оба, обе; и тот и другой both sisters are doctors —- обе сестры - врачи I want both books —- мне нужны обе книги she kissed him on both cheeks —- она поцеловала его в обе щеки you can't have it both ways —- разг. нельзя иметь и то и другое; приходится выбирать одно из двух 2. уст. тоже, также I have seen your brother and your sister both —- я видел вашего брата и вашу сестру тоже 3. одинаково, одновременно he fears and hopes both at once —- он боится и в то же время надеется 4. оба, обе; и тот и другой I see them both —- я вижу их обоих we wrote to them both —- мы написали им обоим both were punished —- наказали обоих they both went there —- они оба пошли туда they are both gone —- они оба ушли, нет ни того ни другого I saw both of them yesterday —- вчера я видел и того и другого have you read these books? Yes, I have read both —- вы прочли эти книги? - Да, и ту и другую both of them joined us —- они оба присоединились к нам both of these possibilities must be taken into account —- нужно учесть обе эти возможности ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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1. pron.; indef. оба they are both doctors, both of them are doctors - оба они врачи both are busy - оба они заняты 2. adv.; cj. both... and... - как..., так и...; и... и...; и к тому же he speaks both English and French - он говорит и по-английски и по-французски he is both tired and hungry - он устал и к тому же голоден ...Англо-русский словарь
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- O.E. begen, masc. of "both," + -ю extended base; or ba юa "both these," from ba (feminine nominative and accusative of begen) + юa, nominative and accusative plural of se "that." Influenced by O.N. baрir "both," from *bai thaiz "both the," from P.Gmc. *ba (from PIE *bho "both") + *thaiz, third person plural pronoun. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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