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better

[bet-er] / ˈbɛt ər /


ADJECTIVE
larger
Synonyms
Antonyms
WEAK






Usage

What are other ways to say improve? To better is to improve conditions which, though not bad, are unsatisfying: to better an attempt, oneself (as by gaining a higher salary). Improve usually implies remedying a lack or a felt need: to improve a process, oneself (as by gaining more knowledge). The more formal verb ameliorate implies improving oppressive, unjust, or difficult conditions: to ameliorate working conditions.

Example Sentences

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Here is how the slow housing market is affecting U.S. manufacturers—and why some see better times coming:

From The Wall Street Journal

Because this was an observational study, it cannot prove that lower sugar intake directly caused better heart outcomes.

From Science Daily

To the audience, it’s a heartening buddy dramedy about two boys choosing to forge a brighter path and quickly realizing they make each other better people.

From Salon

"We know we can bat a lot better than what we have batted. We've won games and that's the main thing."

From BBC

But if an otter were doomed to distant petdom, there could be few better homes than the remote bay where Mijbil was free to come and go.

From The Wall Street Journal