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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.

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From Kung Pao Dino Chicken to Chicken Parm-asaurus, here are my favorite ways to better a childhood staple.

From Salon • Jun. 28, 2026

“We just decided that smaller and intimate was going to be the better situation for the two of us.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 28, 2026

“The more I understood today’s dating apps, the more clear it became that they have been for the better part of two decades now, designed, tweaked, redesigned, rebuilt, to not work,” she said.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 28, 2026

A six-year-old girl diagnosed with cancer said she dreamt of following in the footsteps of the "kind and very polite" doctors who made her "feel better".

From BBC • Jun. 28, 2026

“Not feeling any better, my girl?” he said.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith




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