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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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Some were better than others; a few defined for a generation what true love could look like, albeit inaccurately.

From Salon

Sometimes what’s needed isn’t a new cuisine or a better strategy.

From Salon

Hinge, better known as the dating app designed to be deleted, is traditionally used to foster romantic connections.

From Salon

“It may not be everything you want it to be, but people are talking about them, and that’s—as John himself would have agreed—better than the alternative,” Bradley said.

From The Wall Street Journal

“To turn it from the network for people who cook into the network for everyone who loves to eat seemed to me a better way to go,” Gruen recalls.

From The Wall Street Journal