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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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Now that scientists better understand how to modify these materials, researchers say additional work is needed to improve their stability, predict their behavior more accurately, and evaluate their performance in real-world technologies.

From Science Daily • May 22, 2026

Paying attention to what your neighborhood’s international markets do better — and cheaper — than the big chains.

From Salon • May 22, 2026

The better response is to keep capital formation alive and allow high prices to do what they are supposed to do: mobilize new supply, logistics improvements and investment.

From MarketWatch • May 22, 2026

Sitting atop the RCA Building, today better known as 30 Rock, the ironworkers were not as free-flying as they seem: The author suggests there would have been planks about 12 feet below.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

But I know I can’t tell him that; I know better than to decline a gift from Dad.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam




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