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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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Blue Origin recently shifted resources to its lunar efforts, pausing its suborbital space tourism business to better focus on the moon.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026

The industry had hoped for a recovery this year, driven by better results in crucial markets like the U.S. and China, but the war in Iran has cast a shadow over those expectations.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026

That likely means investors need both Federal Reserve interest rate cuts and better than expected earnings growth to sustain the market’s sudden cease-fire optimism.

From Barron's • Apr. 14, 2026

And one of the Lakers’ better rebounders, Luka Doncic, won’t be available because he’s dealing with a Grade 2 left hamstring strain that he went to Spain for treatment.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 14, 2026

The truth was like a feather tickling his tongue, and, against his better judgment, he itched to spit it out.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman




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