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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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“Those who adapt to a world of fragmentation, constraint, and spatial power will likely fare better,” they conclude.

From MarketWatch

Vasquez spent Sunday night checking hourly for better flight options, considering any that would get them to the East Coast—where they could eventually make their way home to New Jersey.

From The Wall Street Journal

“They cannot be simply released into the wild as they come straight from training. ... More training doesn’t make things better necessarily. Boxing things in does.”

From Los Angeles Times

Roughly 96% of students said they felt better after receiving peer support, and about 88% said they felt comfortable opening up to a peer mentor.

From Los Angeles Times

Shalini Chopra, a social worker and an opposition politician, who spoke to the survivor after she was discharged from the hospital told the BBC that the woman was "better but still in pain".

From BBC