- present participle of better.
bettering
Example Sentences
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It would, however, take 20 years for Croatia to emerge from the group stage of a World Cup again, bettering the original golden generation by reaching the final in Russia in 2018.
From BBC • Jun. 17, 2026
They have 67 goals in 35 Premier League matches - with only Manchester City bettering their record in the English top flight with 69 in 34 games.
From BBC • May 6, 2026
And not to the exclusion of bettering their lives by paying attention to the nitty and the gritty, like making housing and higher education more readily available and, yes, fixing potholes.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 8, 2026
Well, then you know how truly committed they were to bettering L.A. in the first place.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 7, 2025
“But an exceptionally clever student could take a book outside, thus bettering himself without fear of lessening his much-loved faculty of sight.”
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
