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BOTH
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(used with count nouns) two considered together; the two
Example:
both girls are pretty
Classified under:
Similar:
some ((quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity)
Context examples:
As you both locked your doors at night, your rooms were unapproachable from that side.
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
At sight of Mr. Utterson, he sprang up from his chair and welcomed him with both hands.
(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
It seemed shallow enough, and holding the cut hawser in both hands for a last security, I let myself drop softly overboard.
(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
Some six months afterwards the Marquess of Montalva and Signor Rulli, his secretary, were both murdered in their rooms at the Hotel Escurial at Madrid.
(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
A mist covered both that and the surrounding mountains.
(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)
This allele, which encodes E3 ubiquitin-protein ligase MIB1 protein, plays a role in both ubiquitination and the regulation of Delta-mediated Notch signaling.
(MIB1 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)
It is involved in both embryogenesis and morphogenesis.
(MFNG Gene, NCI Thesaurus)
This allele, which encodes microsomal glutathione S-transferase 2 protein, is involved in both the metabolism of leukotriene C4 and the inflammation process.
(MGST2 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)
This gene is involved in both ubiquitination and cell signaling.
(MIB1 Gene, NCI Thesaurus)
So with advice and guidance both for this world and the next did my mother, with her soft, warm arms around me, prepare me for the great step which lay before me.
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
