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better in WordNet English dictionary

verb
  1. get better
    "The weather improved toward evening"
    better  improve  ameliorate  meliorate 
  2. to make better
    "The editor improved the manuscript with his changes"
    better  improve  amend  ameliorate  meliorate 
  3. surpass in excellence
    "She bettered her own record"; "break a record"
    better  break 
adverb
  1. from a position of superiority or authority
    "father knows best"; "I know better."
    better  best  better  best 
  2. 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"; "a deed better left undone"; "better suited to the job"
    better  better 
adjective
  1. (comparative and superlative of `well') wiser or more advantageous and hence advisable
    "it would be better to speak to him"; "the White House thought it best not to respond"
    better  best 
  2. (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"; "a better coat"; "a better type of car"; "a suit with a better fit"; "a better chance of success"; "produced a better mousetrap"; "she's better in math than in history"
    better 
  3. (comparative of `good') changed for the better in health or fitness
    "her health is better now"; "I feel better"
    better 
  4. more than half
    "argued for the better part of an hour"
    better 
noun
  1. something superior in quality or condition or effect
    "a change for the better"
    better 
  2. the superior one of two alternatives
    "chose the better of the two"
    better 
  3. someone who bets
    bettor  better  wagerer  punter 
  4. a superior person having claim to precedence
    "the common man has been kept in his place by his betters"
    better 
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