both of them (of us)
1Both — Both, a. or pron. [OE. bothe, ba?e, fr. Icel. b[=a]?ir; akin to Dan. baade, Sw. b[*a]da, Goth. baj??s, OHG. beid?, b?d?, G. & D. beide, also AS. begen, b[=a], b?, Goth. bai, and Gr. ?, L. ambo, Lith. ab[ a], OSlav. oba, Skr. ubha. [root]310. Cf.… …
2both — [ bouθ ] function word, quantifier *** Both can be used in the following ways: as a determiner (followed by a noun, but not by a pronoun): Both children are at school. as a predeterminer (followed by a word such as the, this, his, etc.): I like… …
3both — [bōth] adj., pron. [ME bothe < OE ba tha, both these < ba, fem. nom. & acc. of begen, both + tha, nom. & acc. pl. of se, that, the: akin to ON bathir, OS bethia, MDu bede, Ger beide: see AMBI ] the two; the one and the other [both birds… …
4both */*/*/ — UK [bəʊθ] / US [boʊθ] determiner, predeterminer, pronoun Summary: Both can be used in the following ways: as a determiner (followed by a noun, but not by a pronoun): Both children are at school. as a predeterminer (followed by a word such as the …
5both*/*/*/ — [bəʊθ] grammar word summary: Both can be: ■ a determiner: Both children are at school. ■ a pronoun: They are both good singers. ♦ Both of them are learning English. used for showing that you are referring to two people or things, and that you are …
6both — determiner, pronoun both of (we saw both of them) USAGE NOTE: The use of the preposition of is necessary when a pronoun follows. When a noun follows, two constructions are possible we saw both of the students; we saw both students. * * * [bəʊθ]… …
7both — predeterminer, determiner, pronoun 1 used to talk about two people, things, situations etc together: Both Helen s parents are doctors. | Both sides are keen to reach an agreement. | I don t know which book to buy. Why not buy both of them? | They …
8both of you — A form of address to two people, including both of them in whatever is being said. ‘Good night. both of you’, occurs in Pray for the Wanderer, by Kate O’Brien. The Half Hunter, by John Sherwood, has ‘Stop it, both of you’ addressed to two men… …
9both — 1. general. Both, when modifying a single item, refers to two things or persons (both houses / both women); when, as both…and…, it couples two items, each of these may be singular (both the woman and the man) or plural (both the women and the… …
10Both Ways Open Jaws — Album par The Dø Sortie 7 mars 2011 Genre Folk rock Label Cinq7 …