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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.

Example Sentences

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To better understand this problem, the researchers built a formal framework that examines how different assumptions affect conclusions about entropy and memory.

From Science Daily • May 3, 2026

If publishing one article is good, then publishing two articles must be better.

From Slate • May 3, 2026

For Blake Bowen and his JSerra High baseball teammates, their final week of the high school baseball season could not have gone any better.

From Los Angeles Times • May 3, 2026

Ward noted that Don Jr. “plays much better with Republicans,” having appeared at around 70 events for Republicans in 2018, while “Ivanka hardly did any.”

From Salon • May 3, 2026

“Fine. But this better not become a habit.”

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam




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