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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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In the end, Raman accomplished two crucial goals: Make herself better known to Angelenos outside her Hollywood Hills-centered district, while framing Pratt as someone whose views were radically out of step with L.A. voters.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026

Beyond advancing basic neuroscience, the research may eventually contribute to better treatments for neurological and psychiatric disorders.

From Science Daily • Jun. 8, 2026

However, Ms Suer said things had got worse rather than better.

From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026

Known to posterity as “Stobaeus,” he lived in a time of turbulence, when “the Roman Empire was collapsing in the West but holding up better in the Greek-speaking East.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026

I get that it’s rude to spy, but curiosity gets the better of me.

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold




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