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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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“I followed the plan. I was building miles and getting better and better,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal

The researchers plan to continue studying Mic-628 to better understand its safety and effectiveness in additional animal studies and in humans.

From Science Daily

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

"Because we can't rewrite the past, I told her, but we have to build a better future for everybody - and she agreed with that."

From BBC

To better understand who these individuals were, scientists compared isotopic markers in the victims' bones and teeth with those of people buried in standard graves.

From Science Daily