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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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Until we can all get on the same page about the ways in which we are willfully misunderstanding each other and calling it discourse, it won’t get better.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026

Nobody was better at playing a very handsome guy, the center of attention, who was also nonthreatening, not above a bit of slapstick, a little silly—above all, likable.

From Slate • Jun. 11, 2026

Many people from other parts of Africa moved to South Africa around the time white-minority rule ended in 1994, hoping for a better life.

From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026

Proponents of hourly matching—where electrical emissions are calculated at the source on an hourly basis—say that such emissions reporting would be more accurate and better drive decarbonization.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

Maybe Dr. Crowchild can give me some strategies to help me talk to Dad better.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam




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