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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211. He was a prime mover in the bid to get better pay for West Indian cricketers.
212. Our prospects of winning an election will be better under his leadership.
213. I was feeling much better after a good night's kip.
214. The more you wanna know whether you have forgotten something, the better you remember; I once heard that, the only thing you can do when you no longer have something is not to forget.
215. Why don't you put your chair forward to get a better view?
216. You'd better wrap a clean cloth around your arm till the wound closes.
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217. Relationships are like glass. Sometimes it's better to leave them broken than try to hurt yourself putting it back together.
218. I think I'm going to flake out; I'd better sit down.
219. The government makes noises about better relations with its neighbouring countries.
220. Cultures that were better at trading saw a concomitant increase in their wealth.
221. Why not be the person to prove anything,to live better,is for youself.
222. Unions bargain with employers for better rates of pay each year.
223. Remember that adversity is not a dead end but a detour to a better outcome.
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226. Schools tend to perpetuate the myth that boys are better at sport than girls.
227. To live is to learn,to learn is to better live.
228. Do not need better than it is now just now so good.
229. Why waste precious time dreaming when waking life is so much better?
230. We moved some of the better players to make the two sides equal.
231. We'd better ask a few men to the party to balance up the numbers.
232. It's better to have fought and lost, than never to have fought at all.
233. You have been a qualified teachers and even better friend. Thank you for all that you have done.
234. high-talent people lazy by nature, if, that is, not from efforts to develop his talents, his achievements would not have significant, sometimes, rather it would be better than him at the day low.
235. It is better to lead from behind and to put others in front, especially when you celebrate victory when nice things occur. You take the front line when there is danger. Then people will appreciate your leadership.
236. The women who worked in these mills had begun to agitate for better conditions.
237. Detective Holt said: "The kidnapper is a man we must catch and the sooner the better".
238. Pains make you stronger, tears make you braver, and heartbreaks make you wiser. So thank the past for a better future.
239. You'd better seek advice from your father before you reinvest your money with the firm.
240. "All better now, are we?" he enquired in a patronizing manner hardly calculated to endear.
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