bettering
更加完善,更多,更完善,更完善的
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Definitions
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comparative of good, with best as superlative.
- : of superior quality or excellence: a better coat; a better speech.
- : morally superior; more virtuous: They are no better than thieves.
- : of superior suitability, advisability, desirability, acceptableness, etc.; preferable: a better time for action.
- : larger; greater: the better part of a lifetime.
- : improved in health; healthier than before.
- : completely recovered in health.
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comparative of well, with best as superlative.
- : in a more appropriate or acceptable way or manner: to behave better.
- : to a greater degree; more completely or thoroughly: He knows the way better than we do. I probably know him better than anyone else.
- : more: I walked better than a mile to town.
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- : to increase the good qualities of; make better; improve: to better one's grades;to better the lot of the suburban commuter.
- : to improve upon; surpass; exceed: We have bettered last year's production record.
- : Cards. to raise.
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- : that which has greater excellence or is preferable or wiser: the better of two choices.
- : Usually betters . those superior to one in wisdom, wealth, etc.
Phrases
- better half
- better late than never
- better off
- better part of
- better safe than sorry
- better than
- against one's better judgment
- all better
- all the better
- discretion is the better part of valor
- for better or for worse
- get better
- get the better (best) of
- go one better
- had better (best)
- know better
- seen better days
- so much the better
- sooner the better
- take a turn for the better
- think better of
- you'd better believe it
Synonyms & Antonyms
Examples
Lots of people have to use this technology for it to work, or even to see what needs to be tweaked to make it work better.
They understandably want and deserve better personal protective equipment, testing, contact tracing and ventilation.
The picture was made in 1958, the same year that the better-known Morris Louis painted most of his multilayered “Veils.”
We should have a better idea of rain timing and amounts as we get closer.
If Wall can stay healthy, he is a better fit alongside Beal and he is far more likely to help Washington’s younger players reach their potential.
But what is this realism that our leaders are supposed to acknowledge before bettering the world?
Having spent time bettering yourself these past six months, you now exhibit all the signs of a terrifically together person.
Obama said their courage had inspired many to serve their country, whether in uniform or in bettering their communities.
Bettering the situation requires price pressures driven by consumers.
And the statuesque brunette has even been credited with bettering the fashion sense of her high-powered husband.
We do not employ the same means for bettering our position as we do in pursuing frivolous and fanciful things.
A slave has but one master; an ambitious man has as many masters as there are people who may be useful in bettering his position.
There is no possibility of permanently bettering their condition.
This was the necessity for the bettering of the means of communication of the country.
To express disapproval of their conduct would have incurred the enmity of the whole crew, without bettering his own situation.