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both | alike |

As a determiner both

is each of the two; one and the other.

As a conjunction both

is including both (used with and.

As an adjective alike is

having resemblance or similitude; similar; without difference.

As an adverb alike is

in the same manner, form, or degree; in common; equally.

both

English

Alternative forms

* bothe (archaic)

Determiner

(en determiner)
  • Each of the two; one and the other.
  • * (Bible), (w) xxi. 27
  • Abraham took sheep and oxen, and gave them unto Abimelech; and both of them made a covenant.
  • * (1678-1751)
  • 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.
  • *
  • Mind you, clothes were clothes in those days. There was a great deal of them, lavish both in material and in workmanship.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-07-19, author= Ian Sample
  • , volume=189, issue=6, page=34, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= Irregular bedtimes may affect children's brains , passage=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.}}
  • (obsolete) Each of more than two.
  • * (Oliver Goldsmith) (1730-1774)
  • Both mongrel, puppy, whelp, and hound.
  • * (Samuel Taylor Coleridge) (1772-1834)
  • He prayeth well who loveth well both man and bird and beast.

    Conjunction

    (English Conjunctions)
  • including both (used with and)
  • Both you and I are students

    See also

    (various semantically related terms) * * * couple * double * dual * neither * pair * second * twice * two

    alike

    English

    Alternative forms

    * yliche (obsolete)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Having resemblance or similitude; similar; without difference.
  • The twins were alike .

    Derived terms

    * alikeness

    Adverb

    (en adverb)
  • In the same manner, form, or degree; in common; equally.
  • :
  • *
  • *:Carried somehow, somewhither, for some reason, on these surging floods, were these travelers, of errand not wholly obvious to their fellows, yet of such sort as to call into query alike the nature of their errand and their own relations.
  • Derived terms

    * share and share alike

    Anagrams

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