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Definition of both of in English English dictionary
both: including both (used with and)
Both you and I are students.
both: 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. 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. 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? 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. emphasis Both is also a predeterminer. Both the band's writers are fascinating lyricists Both the horses were out, tacked up and ready to ride
both: {a} the two, of two, as well, likewise
both: Each of the two; one and the other
both: The one and the other; the two; the pair, without exception of either
both: A logical operator that can be included in an expression to select items that meet more than one criterion
both: all (of two) -- " both in the information and part of the question " (192)
both: pron [{in terms of people} (We ~ went to bed )] berdua (dua) 2 pron [{in terms of things} (I want ~ books )] kedua (dua)
both: pron. we two, two of us
both: the biological process and the associated sedimentation process
both: The listing that follows both may only contain two items Those items must be joined by and
both: conj. equally, this and that together
both: As well; not only; equally
both: returns both simplified and traditional characters
both: {s} two, one and the other; together
both: ad not just one of two, but the two together
both: (used with count nouns) two considered together; the two; "both girls are pretty"
both: You use the structure bothand 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. Both indicates that the action or state denoted by the verb applies individually to each of two entities. Both books weigh more than five pounds, for example, means that each book weighs more than five pounds by itself, not that the two books weighed together come to more than five pounds. Both is inappropriate where the verb does not apply to each of the entities by itself.·In possessive constructions of both is usually preferred: the mothers of both (rather than both their mothers); the fault of both (rather than both their fault or both's fault).·When both is used with and to link parallel elements in a sentence, the words or phrases that follow them should correspond grammatically: in both India and China or both in India and in China (not both in India and China)