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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.

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Better reproductive-health education in schools, focused on biology, could catch conditions that women currently discover only when they are already trying to conceive.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 6, 2026

Better build quality and rustproofing had helped raise it to nine by 2000.

From Barron's • May 29, 2026

Amanda Fischer, the policy director of advocacy group Better Markets and former chief of staff at the U.S.

From MarketWatch • May 28, 2026

Dr Andrea Barry, from the not-for-profit group Centre for Ageing Better, said that "more and more" people were working longer over the last two decades.

From BBC • May 25, 2026

“Nope, nope, nothing like that. They just send them home with an insult. Better luck next time—that sort of thing, only ruder.”

From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia




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