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both / bō[unvoicedth]/ • adj. & pron. used to refer to two people or things, regarded and identified together: [as adj.] both his parents indulged him [as pron.] a picture of both of us together. • adv. used before the first of two alternatives to emphasize that the statement being made applies to each (the other alternative being introduced by “and”): they all loved to play, both the boys and the girls. PHRASES: have it both ways benefit from two incompatible ways of thinking or behaving: countries cannot have it both ways: the cost of a cleaner environment may sometimes be fewer jobs. |
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"both." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "both." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-both.html "both." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-both.html |
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both XII. ME. bāþe, bōþe — ON. báðir = OS. bēðia, OHG. bēde, beide (G. beide); extended form of the base found in OE. bēġen, Goth. bai, and as the second element of L. ambō, OSl. (Russ.) oba, Skr. ubháu, Av. uva both.
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T. F. HOAD. "both." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. T. F. HOAD. "both." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-both.html T. F. HOAD. "both." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-both.html |
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•both, growth, loath, oath, quoth, sloth, Thoth, troth
•outgrowth • upgrowth
•undergrowth
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"both." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "both." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-both.html "both." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-both.html |
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