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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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“We were shooting everything on location, so we could position the sets in places that would be better for lighting,” Veloso says.

From Los Angeles Times

An artist couldn’t have dreamed up a better monument to the hubris of overheated development in a city where so many remain unhoused.

From Los Angeles Times

Charlie Nunn said "we have definitely listened" after the UK's biggest lender was criticised for comparing employees' spending habits to the wider public to show if they weathered the cost-of-living crisis better.

From BBC

Across the board, however, every type of exercise examined performed as well as, or better than, medication and talking therapies.

From Science Daily

Both projects aim to better understand dark energy, which makes up about 68% of the mass and energy in the universe.

From Science Daily