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both

UK
/bəʊθ/
US
/boʊθ/

Translations

bothdeterminer
UK
/bəʊθ/
US
/boʊθ/
(quantifier – with plural countable nouns – dual)
les deux
Both parents attended the meeting.
Les deux parents ont assisté à la réunion.
Synonyms
two
pair
Antonyms
neither
bothconjunction
UK
/bəʊθ/
US
/boʊθ/
(correlative conjunction – both ... and ...)
tous les deuxS’emploie après le sujet pour insister sur la participation de deux personnes ou éléments.
They both agreed to the proposal.
Ils ont tous les deux accepté la proposition.
bothpronoun
UK
/bəʊθ/
US
/boʊθ/
(quantifier – without nouns – dual)
les deux
Both were excited about the trip.
Les deux étaient ravis du voyage.
Synonyms
two
pair
neither
bothadverb
UK
/bəʊθ/
US
/boʊθ/
(focusing adverb – intensifier – strictly sentence-final position)
etDans la tournure corrélative « both ... and ... ».
Both the teacher and the students were excited about the field trip.
Le professeur et les élèves étaient ravis de la sortie scolaire.

Definitions

bothdeterminer
Used before a plural noun to indicate that the two people or things are included together.
Both parents attended the meeting.
bothconjunction
Used as a correlative conjunction with and to join two parallel elements (nouns, adjectives, verbs, etc.).
I both admire and respect him.
bothpronoun
Used to refer to two people or things, regarded together.
Both were excited about the trip.
bothadverb
Used at the end of a sentence after two connected items or actions to emphasize that the statement applies to both of them equally.
He sings and dances both.
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