Both
Pronoun, Adjective, Adverb
UK
/bəʊθ/
US
/boʊθ/
Definition
(pro) : Refers to two people or things together, without naming them again.
(adj) : Used before a noun to show that the statement applies to two people or things together.
(adv) : Used to add emphasis that two people or things share the same action or feeling.
(adj) : Used before a noun to show that the statement applies to two people or things together.
(adv) : Used to add emphasis that two people or things share the same action or feeling.
Example
"(pro) : Both are his best friends."
"(adj) : Both houses have beautiful gardens and big windows."
"(adv) : They both decided to join the cooking class after tasting the food."
Explanation
Both means two people or things together, not one or the other. It shows that something is true for two subjects or items at the same time. For example, “both apples and oranges” means the two kinds of fruit together. As a pronoun, it replaces two nouns (“Both are delicious”). As an adjective, it describes two nouns (“Both cars are fast”). As an adverb, it adds meaning to a verb or phrase (“We both enjoyed the trip”).