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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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Canada’s consumer is exiting 2025 in better shape compared with earlier in the year after shrugging off concerns of a trade war and other macroeconomic concerns that had weighed on spending.

From The Wall Street Journal

"We have a much better appreciation for how those subtle structural changes can significantly increase the synthetic challenge," says Mohammad Movassaghi, an MIT professor of chemistry.

From Science Daily

Other lessons learned from China in the last year, according to Goldman Sachs, are that better trade outcomes—including less of an impact from U.S. tariffs than expected—have offset domestic fiscal policy misses.

From Barron's

In the popular imagination, at least, alternative investments will do significantly better.

From MarketWatch

If you’re expressing these anxieties to him and his response is that you’ll get free housing and a better life for your unborn children, he might be missing the point.

From MarketWatch