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comparative degree of good and wellcomparativeform-of
- How are you? ~ A little better, thanks.
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Greater in amount or quantity
- “The air was still with the lonely thrill of 'now the hour is near' And the smell of sweat was better yet than the awful stench of fear.”
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Greater or lesser (whichever is seen as more advantageous), in reference to value, distance, time, etc.
- The top electric vehicles have a range of 300 kilometres or better.
- Only one swimmer finished the race with a time better than two minutes.
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Healed or recovered from an injury or illness.
- We can't go to the zoo today because you're sick; let's go when you're all better.
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comparative form of well: more wellcomparativeform-of
- The engine runs better now that I've given it some oil.
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An entity, usually animate, deemed superior to another; one who has a claim to precedence; a superior.
- He quickly found Ali his better in the ring.
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Had better.auxiliarycolloquialmodal
- It's getting late. You better get on home.
- Nobody better hurt any of my kids.
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To improve.transitive
- attempts to better the lot of the refugees
- This government will better our society.
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To become better; to improve.intransitive
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To surpass in excellence; to exceed; to excel; to improve on.transitive
- He summed the whole thing up in a way that I couldn't possibly better.
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To give advantage to; to support; to advance the interest of.transitive
- Weapons more violent, when next we meet, / May serve to better us and worse our foes.
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Alternative spelling of bettor.alt-ofalternative