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both

 
/boʊθ/ pronoun, adj [not gradable]

Definition

used to refer to two people or things together: Would you like milk or sugar or both in your coffee? If both parents work, who will care for the kids? Are both of us invited, or just you? Keep both hands on the steering wheel.
(Definition of both pronoun, adj from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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