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both

Pronunciation: /boʊθ/

The English word “both” has 4 meanings listed here.

determiner

  1. Each of the two; one and the other; referring to two individuals or items.

pronoun

  1. Each of the two, or of the two kinds.

conjunction

  1. Including both of (used with and).
  2. Including all of (used with and).

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…

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