Pronunciations (12)
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/boʊθ/
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/bəʊθ/
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[bəʊθ]
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- Received-Pronunciation
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/bəwθ/
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- British
- Southern
- Standard
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[boʊθ]
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- General-American
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[bɜʊ̯θ]
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[bɐʉθ]
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- Australia
- New-Zealand
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[boːθ]
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- Canada
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[boθ]
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- Scotland
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[boʊɫθ]
Pronunciation notes
- nonstandard
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[boːɫθ]
Pronunciation notes
- nonstandard
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[bəwf]
Pronunciation notes
- nonstandard
Determiner
Each of the two; one and the other; referring to two individuals or items.
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Both (the/my) children are such dolls.
Which one do you need? ―I need both of them.
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Abraham took sheep and oxen, and gave them unto Abimelech; and both of them made a covenant.
He will not bear the loss of his rank, because he can bear the loss of his estate; but he will bear both, because he is prepared for both.
Around a third of both Black and White respondents said they believed the opposition Labour Party to be institutionally racist.
The proof (Tables 9 and 10) of idempotence for both OR and AND follows from examining the definition of each operation under the constraint that both inputs have the same value.
Pronoun
Each of the two, or of the two kinds.
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Did you want this one or that one? ―Give me both.
They were both here.
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I've already lost both (of) my parents.
Irregular bedtimes may disrupt healthy brain development in young children, according to a study of intelligence and sleeping habits. ¶ Going to bed at a different time each night affected girls more than boys, but both fared worse on mental tasks than children who had a set bedtime, researchers found.
Conjunction
Including both of (used with and).
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I (can) both sing and dance.
Both you and I are students.
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Mind you, clothes were clothes in those days. There was a great deal of them, lavish both in material and in workmanship.
Including all of (used with and).
Usage- Obsolete
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[…] having much aduantage both in number, valure, and forepreparation […]
Both mongrel, puppy, whelp, and hound.
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He prayeth well who loveth well both man and bird and beast.
[…] as he appreciates its beauty and its rich gifts, as he regards it with venerant love, fed by both his intellectual powers, his contemplation, and his meditation.
Adjective
(used with count nouns) two considered together; the two
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both girls are pretty