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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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Asked what he learned after winning one game last season, Crathers said, “Don’t give up. When you lose, you get better.”

From Los Angeles Times

Yet he remains a far better Grand Slam player than pretty much anyone else.

From The Wall Street Journal

Within a year she was already doing a camel spin and as she got better, her mother began setting her up with a succession of coaches.

From Los Angeles Times

“This high visibility acts as a better deterrent for people and helps prevent animals from accidentally running into the wire or misjudging a jump,” the spokesperson said in a statement.

From Los Angeles Times

The would-be boycotters are challenging us to imagine something more, to glimpse the possibility of a better world and then to make it happen.

From Salon