Langtolang Multilingual Dictionary

something superior in quality or condition or effect

• “a change for the better”

someone who bets

a superior person having claim to precedence

• “the common man has been kept in his place by his betters”

the superior one of two alternatives

• “chose the better of the two”

surpass in excellence

• “She bettered her own record”
• “break a record”

to make better

• “The editor improved the manuscript with his changes”

get better

• “The weather improved toward evening”

(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

• “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”

(comparative of `good') changed for the better in health or fitness

• “her health is better now”
• “I feel better”

(comparative and superlative of `well') wiser or more advantageous and hence advisable

• “it would be better to speak to him”
• “the White House thought it best not to respond”

more than half

• “argued for the better part of an hour”

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

• “She had never sung better”
• “a deed better left undone”
• “better suited to the job”

from a position of superiority or authority

• “father knows best”
• “I know better.”