both

both
1. adjective
beide

we both like cooking — wir kochen beide gern

both [the] brothers — beide Brüder

both our brothers — unsere beiden Brüder

you can't have it both ways — beides [zugleich] geht nicht; see also academic.ru/18012/cut">cut 2. 1)

2. pronoun
beide

both [of them] are dead — beide sind tot

they are both dead — sie sind beide tot

both of you/them are ... — ihr seid/sie sind beide ...

for them both — für sie beide

go along to bed, both of you — ihr geht jetzt ins Bett, alle beide

3. adverb

both A and B — sowohl A als [auch] B

both you and I — wir beide

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[bouƟ]
adjective, pronoun
(the two; the one and the other: We both went; Both (the) men are dead; The men are both dead; Both are dead.) beide
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both
[bəʊθ, AM boʊθ]
I. adj attr, inv
1. predeterminer beide
\both their teams played well ihre beiden Mannschaften spielten gut
\both my parents are journalists meine Eltern sind beide Journalisten
2. determiner beide
blind in \both eyes auf beiden Augen blind
in \both cases in beiden Fällen
at \both ends an beiden Enden
\both sexes Männer und Frauen
on \both sides of the Atlantic auf beiden Seiten des Atlantiks
3.
to burn the candle at \both ends Raubbau mit seiner Gesundheit betreiben
to have [or want] things [or it] \both ways alles haben wollen
II. pron beide
\both of you/us ihr beiden/wir beide
Mike and Jim \both have red hair Mike und Jim haben beide rote Haare
would you like milk or sugar or \both? möchtest du Milch oder Zucker oder beides?
\both of these pictures are fine beide Bilder sind schön
I've got 2 children, \both of whom are good at maths (form) ich habe 2 Kinder, die beide gut in Mathe sind
III. adv
\both ... and ... sowohl ... als [o wie] auch ...
\both you and I wir beide
I felt \both happy and sad at the same time ich war glücklich und traurig zugleich
\both Mike and Jim have red hair Mike und Jim haben beide rote Haare
it has won favour with \both young and old es hat Zustimmung bei Jung und Alt gefunden
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[bəʊɵ]
1. adj
beide

both (the) boys — beide Jungen

2. pron
beide; (two different things) beides

both of them were there, they were both there — sie waren (alle) beide da

two pencils/a pencil and a picture - he took both — zwei Bleistifte/ein Bleistift und ein Bild - er hat beide/beides genommen

both of these answers are wrong — beide Antworten sind falsch

both of you are wrong — ihr habt (alle) beide unrecht

come in both of you —

I meant both of you — ich habe euch beide gemeint

3. adv

both ... and ... — sowohl ..., als auch ...

both you and I — wir beide

John and I both came — John und ich sind beide gekommen

she was both laughing and crying — sie lachte und weinte zugleich or gleichzeitig

I'm both pleased and not pleased — ich freue mich und auch wieder nicht

is it black or white? – both — ist es schwarz oder weiß? – beides

you and me both (inf) — wir zwei beide (inf)

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both [bəʊθ]
A adj &pron beide, beides:
both my brothers meine beiden Brüder;
both daughters beide Töchter;
both of them sie oder alle beide;
they have both gone sie sind beide gegangen;
look at it both ways betrachte es von beiden Seiten;
you can’t have it both ways du kannst nicht beides haben, du kannst nur eines von beiden haben;
I met them both ich traf sie beide
B adv oder konj:
both … and sowohl … als (auch); nicht nur …, sondern auch
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1. adjective
beide

we both like cooking — wir kochen beide gern

both [the] brothers — beide Brüder

both our brothers — unsere beiden Brüder

you can't have it both ways — beides [zugleich] geht nicht; see also cut 2. 1)

2. pronoun
beide

both [of them] are dead — beide sind tot

they are both dead — sie sind beide tot

both of you/them are ... — ihr seid/sie sind beide ...

for them both — für sie beide

go along to bed, both of you — ihr geht jetzt ins Bett, alle beide

3. adverb

both A and B — sowohl A als [auch] B

both you and I — wir beide

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adj.
beide adj.
beides adj.

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