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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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Was it better than the reset I get after a massage in the San Gabriel Valley or a hike in the Angeles National Forest?

From Los Angeles Times

Trier: I witnessed a process that moved me deeply, and I think it’s made this film better.

From Los Angeles Times

He’s in town on book promo from his home in Dallas, where he moved a few years ago from Las Vegas, which he liked much better.

From Los Angeles Times

He kept reworking the confrontation scene between Salieri and Mozart, the play’s climactic moment in which irony once again gets the better of tragic recognition.

From Los Angeles Times

The fragrance and fashion division, which accounts for the bulk of the group’s sales, recorded slightly better quarterly trends compared with the previous three months, helped by a strong performance during the holiday period.

From The Wall Street Journal