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better

/bˈɛtɚ/ · 2 syllables

Meaning

adjective

  1. (comparative of `good') superior to another (of the same class or set or kind) in excellence or quality or desirability or suitability; more highly skilled than another
    “You're a better man than I am, Gunga Din”
  2. (comparative of `good') changed for the better in health or fitness
    “her health is better now”
  3. (comparative and superlative of `well') wiser or more advantageous and hence advisable
    “it would be better to speak to him”
  4. more than half
    “argued for the better part of an hour”

verb

  1. surpass in excellence
    “She bettered her own record”
  2. to make better
    “The editor improved the manuscript with his changes”
  3. get better
    “The weather improved toward evening”

adverb

  1. comparative of `well'; in a better or more excellent manner or more advantageously or attractively or to a greater degree etc.
    “She had never sung better”
  2. from a position of superiority or authority
    “father knows best”

noun

  1. something superior in quality or condition or effect
    “a change for the better”
  2. someone who bets
  3. a superior person having claim to precedence
    “the common man has been kept in his place by his betters”
  4. the superior one of two alternatives
    “chose the better of the two”

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