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- better⇄adj. 1a. more good, excellent, or useful than another.
Ex. He left for a better job. He does better work than his brother. Better times are at hand.
b. of superior quality.
Ex. Man's better nature triumphed then (William Cullen Bryant) - better⇄adv. comparative of well (1).1. in a more excellent way.
Ex. Try to read better next time. The plays of Shakespeare were better acted, better edited, and better known than they had ever been (Macaulay).
2. in a higher degree; more completel - better⇄better (1), adjective, comparative ofgood,adverb, verb, noun.
- better⇄better (2), noun.
a person who bets. Also, bettor. - better⇄expr. better off, in a better condition.
Ex. He is better off now that he has a new job. - better⇄expr. better oneself, to improve one's position, condition, or circumstances.
Ex. She left to better herself, and obtained the position of a nurse (Frederick Marryat). - better⇄expr. betters, one's superiors.
Ex. Listen to the advice of your elders and betters. - better⇄expr. for better for worse, accepting the possibility of good and bad happenings.
Ex. Him and Anne have now resolved to take one another for better or worse (Dickens). - better⇄expr. for the better, toward improvement or recovery.
Ex. The sick man took a turn for the better. - better⇄expr. get (or have) the better of, to be superior to; defeat.
Ex. The tortoise got the better of the hare. Sometimes the Medes had the better of the Lydians (Thomas Stanley). - better⇄expr. go one better, to do better than; outstrip; excel.
Ex. He tried to go us one better by bidding twice as much as we did for the antique. - better⇄expr. had better, ought to; should.
Ex. I had better go before it rains. - better⇄expr. no better than she should be, of doubtful virtue.
Ex. You ought to dismiss the new maid if she is no better than she should be. - better⇄expr. think better of,
a. to think over and change one's mind about; have second thoughts about.
Ex. In the morning you will think better of your decision to go on such a long hike.
b. to form a better opinion of (a person).
Ex. - better⇄noun a person or thing that is better.
Ex. Which is the better of these two dresses? Take the better of the two roads. - better⇄noun betterer.
- better⇄v.i. to become better; improve.
Ex. The situation has bettered since yesterday. - better⇄v.t. 1. to make better; improve.
Ex. We can better that work by being more careful next time.
(SYN) ameliorate.
2. to do better than; surpass.
Ex. The other class cannot better our grades.