both

both meaning in Hindi, Urdu, Telugu and Gujarati

Examples of both in a sentence

• I've already lost both (of) my parents.
• Abraham took sheep and oxen, and gave them unto Abimelech; and both of them made a covenant.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Genesis 21:27:
• 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.1717, Viscount Bolingbroke, Reflexions upon Exile:
• Around a third of both Black and White respondents said they believed the opposition Labour Party to be institutionally racist.2020 June 22, Rob Picheta, “Most Black British people think the Conservative Party is institutionally racist, CNN poll finds”, in CNN:
• 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.2022 August 4, William Bahn, “Boolean Algebra Laws—Delving Into Boolean Identities”, in All About Circuits:

All 40 example sentences with both

Forms of both

Origin of both

From Middle English bothe, boþe, from Old English bā þā (“both the; both those”) and possibly reinforced by Old Norse báðir, from Proto-Germanic *bai. Cognate with Saterland Frisian bee (“both”), West Frisian beide (“both”), Dutch beide (“both”), German beide (“both”), Swedish både, båda, Danish både, Norwegian både, Icelandic báðir. Replaced Middle English bō, from Old English bā, a form of Old English bēġen. A remnant of the Indo-European dual grammatical number.

Words formed from both

• bat for both sides
• best of both worlds
• both-and
• both barrels
• both-handed
• both-handedly
• both-handedness
• both of ours
• both of theirs
• both of yours
• both-sided
• both-sidedness
• bothsiderism
• both-sides
• both-sidesism
• both … and
• burn one's candle at both ends
• burn the candle at both ends
• butter one's bread on both sides
• cut both ways
• find one's ass with both hands and a flashlight
• go both ways
• God doesn't give with both hands
• grip oneself with both hands
• have a foot in both camps
• have it both ways
• have one's bread buttered on both sides
• hear both sides
• jump in with both feet
• look both ways
• make both ends meet
• not have both oars in the water
• out of both sides of one's mouth
• play both ends against the middle
• play both sides against the middle
• swing both ways
• take one's courage in both hands
• with both eyes open
• with both hands
• work both ends against the middle
• work both sides against the middle
• worst of both worlds
• Both respirator

Related words

• 2
• 2nd
• couple
• double
• dual
• neither
• pair
• second
• twice
• two

Phrases with both

• both siderism
• both sidesism
• cuts both ways
• goes both ways
• gone both ways
• went both ways
• going both ways
• swung both ways
• Both respirators
• had it both ways
• has it both ways
• swings both ways

Words that rhyme with both

• growth
• oath
• sloth
• troth
• coath
• loath
• lowth
• Thoth
• blowth
• quoth
• slowth
• sowth

Questions about both

What does both mean?

Both means each of the two; one and the other; referring to two individuals or items.

What is both in Hindi?

Both in Hindi is दोनों (donõ), दोनों ... और ... (donõ ... aur ...). See Both meaning in Hindi.

How do you use both in a sentence?

I've already lost both (of) my parents.

What part of speech is both?

Both can be a determiner, a pronoun, a conjunction or a proper noun.

How do you pronounce both?

Both is pronounced /boʊθ/.