"both" meaning in English

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Determiner

Forms: both
  1. και οι δύο, αμφότεροι
    Sense id: el-both-en-det--hQbcN16
  2. (both…and…) και…και…, τόσο…όσο και, όχι μόνο το ένα αλλά και το άλλο
    Sense id: el-both-en-det-o2nFqCv0

Pronoun

Forms: both
  1. και οι δύο
    Sense id: el-both-en-pron-NLhg3grj
{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "both"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "pron",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Both are Greeks.",
          "translation": "Και οι δύο είναι Έλληνες."
        },
        {
          "text": "Both speak Greek.",
          "translation": "Κι οι δύο μιλάνε ελληνικά."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "και οι δύο"
      ],
      "id": "el-both-en-pron-NLhg3grj"
    }
  ],
  "word": "both"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "both"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "det",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "both books/both of the books - και τα δύο βιβλία"
        },
        {
          "text": "both of us/you/them - και οι δύο μας/σας/τους"
        },
        {
          "text": "We are both Greeks./Both of us are Greeks.",
          "translation": "Είμαστε και οι δύο Έλληνες."
        },
        {
          "text": "We both speak Greek./Both of us speak Greek.",
          "translation": "Κι οι δύο μιλάμε ελληνικά."
        },
        {
          "text": "Both came.",
          "translation": "Ήρθαν και οι δύο."
        },
        {
          "text": "We both shared the same worries and the same hopes.",
          "translation": "Εμείς οι δυο μοιραστήκαμε τα ίδια βάσανα και τις ίδιες ελπίδες."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "και οι δύο, αμφότεροι"
      ],
      "id": "el-both-en-det--hQbcN16"
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "He is both good and honest.",
          "translation": "Είναι και καλός και τίμιος."
        },
        {
          "text": "He can both write and read English.",
          "translation": "Μπορεί και να γράψει και να μιλήσει αγγλικά."
        },
        {
          "text": "Knowing the time in English is necessary, both to ask the time and to tell the time.",
          "translation": "Το να ξέρουμε την ώρα στα αγγλικά είναι απαραίτητο, τόσο για να ρωτάμε την ώρα, όσο και για να λέμε την ώρα."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "(both…and…) και…και…, τόσο…όσο και, όχι μόνο το ένα αλλά και το άλλο"
      ],
      "id": "el-both-en-det-o2nFqCv0"
    }
  ],
  "word": "both"
}
{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "both"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "pron",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Both are Greeks.",
          "translation": "Και οι δύο είναι Έλληνες."
        },
        {
          "text": "Both speak Greek.",
          "translation": "Κι οι δύο μιλάνε ελληνικά."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "και οι δύο"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "both"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "both"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "det",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "both books/both of the books - και τα δύο βιβλία"
        },
        {
          "text": "both of us/you/them - και οι δύο μας/σας/τους"
        },
        {
          "text": "We are both Greeks./Both of us are Greeks.",
          "translation": "Είμαστε και οι δύο Έλληνες."
        },
        {
          "text": "We both speak Greek./Both of us speak Greek.",
          "translation": "Κι οι δύο μιλάμε ελληνικά."
        },
        {
          "text": "Both came.",
          "translation": "Ήρθαν και οι δύο."
        },
        {
          "text": "We both shared the same worries and the same hopes.",
          "translation": "Εμείς οι δυο μοιραστήκαμε τα ίδια βάσανα και τις ίδιες ελπίδες."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "και οι δύο, αμφότεροι"
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "He is both good and honest.",
          "translation": "Είναι και καλός και τίμιος."
        },
        {
          "text": "He can both write and read English.",
          "translation": "Μπορεί και να γράψει και να μιλήσει αγγλικά."
        },
        {
          "text": "Knowing the time in English is necessary, both to ask the time and to tell the time.",
          "translation": "Το να ξέρουμε την ώρα στα αγγλικά είναι απαραίτητο, τόσο για να ρωτάμε την ώρα, όσο και για να λέμε την ώρα."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "(both…and…) και…και…, τόσο…όσο και, όχι μόνο το ένα αλλά και το άλλο"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "both"
}

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