both
Meaning of both
predeterminer, determinerdeterminerpronoun, determiner
- used for emphasis to refer to two people or things, regarded and identified together.
both his parents indulged him
she held on with both hands
cars parked on both sides of the road
a picture of both of us together
he looked at them both
- used before the first of two alternatives to emphasize that the statement being made applies to each (the other alternative being introduced by ‘and’).
the film has won favour with both young and old
studies of zebra finches, both in the wild and in captivity
Middle English: from Old Norse báthir .
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Hyphenation of both
both
- It consists of 1 syllables and 4 chars.
- both is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
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Anagrams of both
Words that rhyme with both
Naboth, naboth, Reheboth, Rehoboth, Remoboth, ketuboth
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