When both girls told John they had feelings for him, he was in a quandary as to which girl he should be with.
Source: tatoeba (1967)
Both
//bəʊθ//
Synonyms for "both" (28 found)
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Antonyms
1 entriesSynonyms
1 entriesRelated terms
10 entriescapable of
2 entriesderived
41 entriesShowing 16 of 41 words.
distinct from
1 entrieshas a
6 entrieshas property
3 entriesis a
5 entriesreceives action
5 entriesrelated to
17 entriesShowing 16 of 17 words.
similar
2 entriesused for
1 entriesTranslations
187 translations across 75 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- të dy det (each of two; one and the other)
Ancient Greek
2 entries- καὶ... καὶ... conj (both...and...)
- ἀμφότερος det (each of two; one and the other)
Arabic
3 entries- كل من ... و ... conj (both...and...)
- الاتنين det (each of two; one and the other)
- كِلَا det (each of two; one and the other)
Armenian
1 entries- ե՛ւ ... ե՛ւ ... conj (both...and...)
Belarusian
3 entries- абе́дзве det (each of two; one and the other)
- або́два det (each of two; one and the other)
- або́е det (each of two; one and the other)
Bulgarian
2 entries- и двамата det (each of two; one and the other)
- и двете det (each of two; one and the other)
Catalan
3 entries- tant ... com ... conj (both...and...)
- ambdós det (each of two; one and the other)
- tots dos det (each of two; one and the other)
Central Kurdish
1 entries- ھەردو det (each of two; one and the other)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 又……又…… conj (both...and...)
- 既……又…… conj (both...and...)
- ...都 det (each of two; one and the other)
- 倆 /俩 det (each of two; one and the other)
Czech
1 entries- oba det (each of two; one and the other)
Danish
2 entries- både...og... conj (both...and...)
- begge det (each of two; one and the other)
Dutch
4 entries- zowel ... als ... conj (both...and...)
- allebei det (each of two; one and the other)
- allebeide det (each of two; one and the other)
- alletwee det (each of two; one and the other)
Esperanto
2 entries- kaj ... kaj ... conj (both...and...)
- ambaŭ det (each of two; one and the other)
Estonian
1 entries- mõlemad det (each of two; one and the other)
Faroese
1 entries- báðir det (each of two; one and the other)
Finnish
4 entries- sekä ... että conj (both...and...)
- kummatkin det (each of two; one and the other)
- kumpikin det (each of two; one and the other)
- molemmat det (each of two; one and the other)
French
4 entries- à la fois ... et ... conj (both...and...)
- les deux det (each of two; one and the other)
- tous les deux det (each of two; one and the other)
- tout deux det (each of two; one and the other)
Galician
2 entries- ambos det (each of two; one and the other)
- amos det (each of two; one and the other)
Georgian
1 entries- ორივე det (each of two; one and the other)
German
2 entries- sowohl ... als auch conj (both...and...)
- beide det (each of two; one and the other)
Gothic
2 entries- 𐌱𐌰𐌹 det (each of two; one and the other)
- 𐌱𐌰𐌾𐍉𐌸𐍃 det (each of two; one and the other)
Greek
2 entries- και... και... conj (both...and...)
- αμφότεροι (amfóteroi) det (each of two; one and the other)
Gujarati
1 entries- બંને det (each of two; one and the other)
Hebrew
1 entries- שני det (each of two; one and the other)
Hindi
2 entries- दोनों ... और ... conj (both...and...)
- दोनों det (each of two; one and the other)
Hungarian
4 entries- mind..., mind... conj (both...and...)
- mind a kettő det (each of two; one and the other)
- mind a két det (each of two; one and the other)
- mindkettő det (each of two; one and the other)
Icelandic
4 entries- báðar det (each of two; one and the other)
- báðir det (each of two; one and the other)
- bæði det (each of two; one and the other)
- bæði det (each of two; one and the other)
Ido
3 entries- ambe det (each of two; one and the other)
- omna du det (each of two; one and the other)
- omni du det (each of two; one and the other)
Indonesian
1 entries- keduanya det (each of two; one and the other)
Interlingua
1 entries- ambe det (each of two; one and the other)
Irish
3 entries- ... agus ... le chéile conj (both...and...)
- idir... agus... conj (both...and...)
- araon det (each of two; one and the other)
Italian
4 entries- sia... sia... conj (both...and...)
- ambedue det (each of two; one and the other)
- ambo tutti e due det (each of two; one and the other)
- entrambi det (each of two; one and the other)
Japanese
4 entries- …でも…でも conj (both...and...)
- …でもあり…でもある conj (both...and...)
- どちらも det (each of two; one and the other)
- 両 det (each of two; one and the other)
Kazakh
1 entries- екеуі det (each of two; one and the other)
Korean
3 entries- 둘 다 det (each of two; one and the other)
- 쌍방 det (each of two; one and the other)
- 양쪽의 det (each of two; one and the other)
Ladino
1 entries- ambos det (each of two; one and the other)
Latin
4 entries- et...et... conj (both...and...)
- ambae det (each of two; one and the other)
- ambō det (each of two; one and the other)
- ambō det (each of two; one and the other)
Latvian
1 entries- abi det (each of two; one and the other)
Lithuanian
1 entries- abu det (each of two; one and the other)
Macedonian
3 entries- и... и... conj (both...and...)
- двата det (each of two; one and the other)
- обата det (each of two; one and the other)
Malay
3 entries- dedua det (each of two; one and the other)
- kededua det (each of two; one and the other)
- kedua-dua det (each of two; one and the other)
North Frisian
1 entries- biise det (each of two; one and the other)
Norwegian
1 entries- både ... og ... conj (both...and...)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- begge det (each of two; one and the other)
Norwegian Nynorsk
2 entries- begge det (each of two; one and the other)
- båe det (each of two; one and the other)
Occitan
2 entries- ambedós det (each of two; one and the other)
- totes dos det (each of two; one and the other)
Old English
2 entries- ġe... ġe... conj (both...and...)
- bēġen det (each of two; one and the other)
Old Galician-Portuguese
1 entries- ambos det (each of two; one and the other)
Old Prussian
1 entries- abbai det (each of two; one and the other)
Old Spanish
1 entries- amos det (each of two; one and the other)
Pashto
1 entries- دواړه det (each of two; one and the other)
Persian
3 entries- هم... هم... conj (both...and...)
- هر دو det (each of two; one and the other)
- هردو det (each of two; one and the other)
Polish
4 entries- zarówno..., jak i... i..., i... conj (both...and...)
- oba det (each of two; one and the other)
- obaj det (each of two; one and the other)
- obie det (each of two; one and the other)
Portuguese
3 entries- ambos ... e ... conj (both...and...)
- tanto ... quanto ... conj (both...and...)
- ambos det (each of two; one and the other)
Romanian
4 entries- atât ... cât și ... conj (both...and...)
- ambele det (each of two; one and the other)
- ambii det (each of two; one and the other)
- amândoi det (each of two; one and the other)
Russian
3 entries- и... и... conj (both...and...)
- о́ба det (each of two; one and the other)
- о́бе det (each of two; one and the other)
Sanskrit
1 entries- उभौ det (each of two; one and the other)
Sardinian
1 entries- ambos det (each of two; one and the other)
Scots
1 entries- baith det (each of two; one and the other)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- an dà chuid... agus... conj (both...and...)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- oba conj (both...and...)
- obe conj (both...and...)
- оба conj (both...and...)
- обе conj (both...and...)
Slovak
3 entries- tak... ako... conj (both...and...)
- obidva det (each of two; one and the other)
- obidvaja det (each of two; one and the other)
Slovene
3 entries- tako ... kot ... conj (both...and...)
- oba det (each of two; one and the other)
- obe det (each of two; one and the other)
Spanish
4 entries- tanto... como... conj (both...and...)
- y... por igual conj (both...and...)
- ambos det (each of two; one and the other)
- ambos a dos det (each of two; one and the other)
Swedish
4 entries- både ... och conj (both...and...)
- såväl ... som conj (both...and...)
- bägge det (each of two; one and the other)
- båda det (each of two; one and the other)
Telugu
2 entries- ఇద్దరు det (each of two; one and the other)
- రెండూ det (each of two; one and the other)
Thai
1 entries- ทั้งสอง det (each of two; one and the other)
Tocharian B
1 entries- antapi det (each of two; one and the other)
Turkish
3 entries- hem... hem... conj (both...and...)
- her ikisi (de) det (each of two; one and the other)
- ikisi (de) det (each of two; one and the other)
Ukrainian
3 entries- оби́два det (each of two; one and the other)
- оби́дві det (each of two; one and the other)
- обо́є det (each of two; one and the other)
Urdu
1 entries- دونوں det (each of two; one and the other)
Vietnamese
1 entries- cả hai det (each of two; one and the other)
Welsh
2 entries- y ddau det (each of two; one and the other)
- y ddwy det (each of two; one and the other)
West-Frisian
2 entries- allebeide det (each of two; one and the other)
- beide det (each of two; one and the other)
Yiddish
1 entries- ביידע det (each of two; one and the other)
Sample sentences
27 total sentences available.
I'll get something to drink for both of you.
Source: tatoeba (17625)
I don't like both of you going to such a place.
Source: tatoeba (17626)
There are merits and demerits to both your opinions so I'm not going to decide right away which to support.
Source: tatoeba (17664)
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