both+of+them

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• Both — Both, a. or pron. [OE. bothe, ba?e, fr. Icel. b[=a]?ir; akin to Dan. baade, Sw. b[*a]da, Goth. baj??s, OHG. beid?, b?d?, G. & D. beide, also AS. begen, b[=a], b?, Goth. bai, and Gr. ?, L. ambo, Lith. ab[ a], OSlav. oba, Skr. ubha. [root]310. Cf.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• both — [ bouθ ] function word, quantifier *** Both can be used in the following ways: as a determiner (followed by a noun, but not by a pronoun): Both children are at school. as a predeterminer (followed by a word such as the, this, his, etc.): I like… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• both — [bōth] adj., pron. [ME bothe < OE ba tha, both these < ba, fem. nom. & acc. of begen, both + tha, nom. & acc. pl. of se, that, the: akin to ON bathir, OS bethia, MDu bede, Ger beide: see AMBI ] the two; the one and the other [both birds… …   English World dictionary

• both */*/*/ — UK [bəʊθ] / US [boʊθ] determiner, predeterminer, pronoun Summary: Both can be used in the following ways: as a determiner (followed by a noun, but not by a pronoun): Both children are at school. as a predeterminer (followed by a word such as the …   English dictionary

• both*/*/*/ — [bəʊθ] grammar word summary: Both can be: ■ a determiner: Both children are at school. ■ a pronoun: They are both good singers. ♦ Both of them are learning English. used for showing that you are referring to two people or things, and that you are …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English

• both — determiner, pronoun both of (we saw both of them) USAGE NOTE: The use of the preposition of is necessary when a pronoun follows. When a noun follows, two constructions are possible we saw both of the students; we saw both students. * * * [bəʊθ]… …   Combinatory dictionary

• both — 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 …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• both of you —    A form of address to two people, including both of them in whatever is being said. ‘Good night. both of you’, occurs in Pray for the Wanderer, by Kate O’Brien. The Half Hunter, by John Sherwood, has ‘Stop it, both of you’ addressed to two men… …   A dictionary of epithets and terms of address

• both — 1. general. Both, when modifying a single item, refers to two things or persons (both houses / both women); when, as both…and…, it couples two items, each of these may be singular (both the woman and the man) or plural (both the women and the… …   Modern English usage

• Both Ways Open Jaws — Album par The Dø Sortie 7 mars 2011 Genre Folk rock Label Cinq7 …   Wikipédia en Français

• both — [[t]bo͟ʊθ[/t]] ♦ 1) DET: DET pl n 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… …   English dictionary