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verb- get better
"The weather improved toward evening"
better improve ameliorate meliorate
- to make better
"The editor improved the manuscript with his changes"
better improve amend ameliorate meliorate
- surpass in excellence
"She bettered her own record"; "break a record"
better break
adverb- from a position of superiority or authority
"father knows best"; "I know better."
better best better best
- 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- (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
- (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
- (comparative of `good') changed for the better in health or fitness
"her health is better now"; "I feel better"
better
- more than half
"argued for the better part of an hour"
better
noun- something superior in quality or condition or effect
"a change for the better"
better
- the superior one of two alternatives
"chose the better of the two"
better
- someone who bets
bettor better wagerer punter
- a superior person having claim to precedence
"the common man has been kept in his place by his betters"
better
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