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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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It says it is doing better with recent loans and some of its metrics have improved in the past year while waiting on the old loans to be cleared out.

From The Wall Street Journal

Despite the obstacles, Vines said he was cautiously optimistic about next year because this shopping season has been better than last year.

From The Wall Street Journal

"At ICE-CSIC and IEEC, we specialize in developing experiments to better understand the properties of these asteroids and how the physical processes that occur in space affect their nature and mineralogy," Trigo-Rodríguez explains.

From Science Daily

To better understand why this happens, the research team examined a phospholipid called PIP2, which is found in brain cell membranes.

From Science Daily

Fund needs better action from the top two holdings in Lowe’s and Home Depot going forward.

From Barron's