Synonym: improved, preferable, superior. Antonym: worse. Similar words: get the better of, letter, cigarette, matter, mutter, latter, battery, pattern. Meaning: ['betə] n. 1. someone who bets 2. a superior person having claim to precedence 3. the superior one of two alternatives. v. 1. surpass in excellence 2. to make better 3. get better. adj. 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 2. (comparative of `good') changed for the better in health or fitness 3. (comparative and superlative of `well') wiser or more advantageous and hence advisable 4. more than half. adv. 1. comparative of `well'; in a better or more excellent manner or more advantageously or attractively or to a greater degree etc. 2. from a position of superiority or authority.
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96. The laws of Nature, that is to say the laws of God, plainly made every human being a law unto himself, we must steadfastly refuse to obey those laws, and we must as steadfastly stand by the conventions which ignore them, since the statutes furnish us peace, fairly good government and stability, and therefore are better for us than the laws of God,[sentence dictionary] which would soon plunge us into confusion and disorder and anarchy if we should adopt them.
103. To care for wisdom and truth and the improvement of the soul is far better than to seek money and honour and reputation.
107. It is better to be alone than in bad company. George Washington
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