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English to English adjective
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(comparative of `good') superior to another (of the same class or set or kind) in excellence or quality or desirability or suitability; more highly skilled than another |  | Example: You're a better man than I am, Gunga Din
a better coat
a better type of car
a suit with a better fit
a better chance of success
produced a better mousetrap
she's better in math than in history
source: wordnet30
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(comparative of `good') changed for the better in health or fitness | | Example: her health is better now
I feel better
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Having good qualities in a greater degree than another; as, a better man; a better physician; a better house; a better air. | | source: webster1913 adjective satellite
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(comparative and superlative of `well') wiser or more advantageous and hence advisable | | Example: it would be better to speak to him
the White House thought it best not to respond
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more than half | | Example: argued for the better part of an hour
source: wordnet30 adverb
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comparative of `well'; in a better or more excellent manner or more advantageously or attractively or to a greater degree etc. | | Example: She had never sung better
a deed better left undone
better suited to the job
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from a position of superiority or authority | | Example: father knows best
I know better.
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In a superior or more excellent manner; with more skill and wisdom, courage, virtue, advantage, or success; as, Henry writes better than John; veterans fight better than recruits. | | source: webster1913 noun
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something superior in quality or condition or effect | | Example: a change for the better
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someone who bets | | source: wordnet30
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a superior person having claim to precedence | | Example: the common man has been kept in his place by his betters
source: wordnet30
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the superior one of two alternatives | | Example: chose the better of the two
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Advantage, superiority, or victory; -- usually with of; as, to get the better of an enemy. | | source: webster1913
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One who bets or lays a wager. | | source: webster1913 verb
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surpass in excellence | | Example: She bettered her own record
break a record
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to make better | | Example: The editor improved the manuscript with his changes
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get better | | Example: The weather improved toward evening
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To improve or ameliorate; to increase the good qualities of. | | source: webster1913
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To become better; to improve. | | source: webster1913
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