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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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Will I feel better if I succeed at doing these things with consistency?

From Slate Sep. 18, 2026

"We have to take care of our female players better so that they can train, perform, and thrive as female athletes, not small men," she said.

From BBC Sep. 18, 2026

To forge better social connections, weigh whether shyness, cynicism or snap judgments of others hold you back.

From MarketWatch Sep. 18, 2026

At a dinner last year for 25 Net-a-Porter customers at the online luxury retailer’s London headquarters, Chief Executive Heather Kaminetsky asked a simple question: How can we do better?

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 18, 2026

“It had nothing to do with anyone in this family. And it’s probably better you don’t know,” I say gently.

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold

His betters resented Duchamp’s attempt at depicting movement and judged the title vulgar.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 12, 2026

This week: Polymarket teamed up with the Golden Globes, displaying a live ticker for betters on the broadcast.

From Slate Jan. 17, 2026

Billions are riding on such sports event contracts, and it isn’t just the wagers of individual betters.

From Barron's Nov. 6, 2025

It only betters you as an artist and as a person.

From Salon Apr. 12, 2024

“Mind you, I’m not one to gossip. You remember that, Ophelia. The lives of your betters are not fodder for your amusement.”

From "Ophie's Ghosts" by Justina Ireland

Brighton managed 10 clean sheets last season, bettered by only six teams.

From BBC Aug. 14, 2026

Roared on by a sell-out crowd of 60,000 at London Stadium, the five-time global medallist bettered the Moroccan's mark - untouched since 1999, when Kerr was aged one - by nearly half a second.

From BBC Jul. 18, 2026

Among NL pitchers with at least 70 innings, his ERA is bettered only by Misiorowski.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 30, 2026

His joint record of 20 assists in a single Premier League season was only bettered this year by Manchester United's Fernandes.

From BBC May 28, 2026

She was supposed to want to meet men, to keep her eyes open; she was supposed to see The General as an option that could be bettered.

From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

His revered mentor, José Antonio Abreu, who founded the educational program in 1975 with the conviction that learning music can, in bettering lives, lead to profound social change.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 12, 2026

She said Chinese biotechs have “gotten very good with pretty-well-known targets—in bettering them, in really getting more precise.”

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 10, 2026

I think we still have a long way to go in terms of bettering ourselves, but we’ve come a long way from the beginning.”

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 2, 2026

United have shut out their opponents on five occasions this term, with only Liverpool bettering them with six.

From BBC Nov. 12, 2024

It is her only hope of bettering her lot and seeing her children again.

From "Enrique's Journey" by Sonia Nazario




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