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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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There’s some things that are fantastic about it, because in many ways, you’re much better than you were when you were a kid.

From Los Angeles Times

It wasn’t so underground anymore, and that’s all because the technology got better.

From Los Angeles Times

Seventeen years later, Mazariegos is running for Los Angeles City Council — and he believes his gun conviction makes him a better candidate.

From Los Angeles Times

Smog went on throttling Southern California — through the 1940s, into the 1950s, getting worse, not better.

From Los Angeles Times

It would be better, more powerful, if it had 100 years to learn from.

From Los Angeles Times