Meaning & Definition of Better in English

1. Something superior in quality or condition or effect

• "A change for the better"

2. Someone who bets

3. A superior person having claim to precedence

• "The common man has been kept in his place by his betters"

4. The superior one of two alternatives

• "Chose the better of the two"

1. Surpass in excellence

• "She bettered her own record"

• "Break a record"

2. To make better

• "The editor improved the manuscript with his changes"

3. Get better

• "The weather improved toward evening"

1. (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"

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

• "Her health is better now"

• "I feel better"

3. (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"

4. More than half

• "Argued for the better part of an hour"

1. 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"

2. From a position of superiority or authority

• "Father knows best"

• "I know better."