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better

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(comparative of `good') superior to another (of the same class or set or kind) in excellence or quality or desirability or suitability; more highly skilled than another(adj.all)

Example:
You're a better man than I am, Gunga Din.
A better coat.
A better type of car.
A suit with a better fit.
A better chance of success.
Produced a better mousetrap.
She's better in math than in history.

Antonym:
worse

source: wordnet30
(comparative of `good') changed for the better in health or fitness(adj.all)

Example:
Her health is better now.
I feel better.

Antonym:
worse, worsened

source: wordnet30
Having good qualities in a greater degree than another; as, a better man; a better physician; a better house; a better air.(adjective)

source: webster1913

something superior in quality or condition or effect(noun.attribute)

Example:
A change for the better.

source: wordnet30
someone who bets(noun.person)

Synonym:
bettor, punter, wagerer

source: wordnet30
a superior person having claim to precedence(noun.person)

Example:
The common man has been kept in his place by his betters.

source: wordnet30
the superior one of two alternatives(noun.attribute)

Example:
Chose the better of the two.

source: wordnet30
Advantage, superiority, or victory; -- usually with of; as, to get the better of an enemy.(noun)

source: webster1913
One who bets or lays a wager.(noun)

source: webster1913

comparative of `well'; in a better or more excellent manner or more advantageously or attractively or to a greater degree etc.(adv.all)

Example:
She had never sung better.
A deed better left undone.
Better suited to the job.

source: wordnet30
from a position of superiority or authority(adv.all)

Example:
I know better..

source: wordnet30
In a superior or more excellent manner; with more skill and wisdom, courage, virtue, advantage, or success; as, Henry writes better than John; veterans fight better than recruits.(adverb)

source: webster1913

surpass in excellence(verb.competition)

Example:
She bettered her own record.

Synonym:
break

source: wordnet30
to make better(verb.change)

Synonym:
ameliorate, amend, improve, meliorate
Antonym:
aggravate, exacerbate, exasperate, worsen

source: wordnet30
get better(verb.change)

Synonym:
ameliorate, improve, meliorate
Antonym:
decline, worsen

source: wordnet30
To improve or ameliorate; to increase the good qualities of.(verb)

source: webster1913
To become better; to improve.(verb)

source: webster1913

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