Main entry: better
Definition: something superior in quality or condition or effect
Usage: a change for the better
Main entry: better
Definition: the superior one of two alternatives
Usage: chose the better of the two
Main entry: better
Definition: a superior person having claim to precedence
Usage: the common man has been kept in his place by his betters
Main entry: better, bettor, punter, wagerer
Definition: someone who bets
Main entry: meliorate, better, ameliorate, improve
Definition: get better
Usage: The weather improved toward evening
Main entry: meliorate, improve, ameliorate, amend, better
Definition: to make better
Usage: The editor improved the manuscript with his changes
Definition: surpass in excellence
Usage: She bettered her own record; break a record
Definition: (comparative and superlative of `well') wiser or more advantageous and hence advisable
Usage: it would be better to speak to him; the White House thought it best not to respond
Main entry: better
Definition: (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
Usage: 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
Main entry: better
Definition: (comparative of `good') changed for the better in health or fitness
Usage: her health is better now; I feel better
Main entry: better
Definition: more than half
Usage: argued for the better part of an hour
Main entry: better
Definition: comparative of `well'; in a better or more excellent manner or more advantageously or attractively or to a greater degree etc.
Usage: She had never sung better; a deed better left undone; better suited to the job
Definition: from a position of superiority or authority
Usage: father knows best; I know better.