Better
//ˈbɛt.ə//
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The word "better" can be used as verb, noun, adjective, adjective, adverb and adverb.
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'd better I couldn't have said it better myself against one's better judgment all to the better an ounce of prevention is better than a pound of cure an ounce of prevention is better than an ounce of cure are you feeling better better Dead than Red better an egg today than a hen tomorrow better and better better angels better angels of one's nature better angels of someone's nature better ball better for it better half better is the enemy of good better known as better late than never better light better luck next time better nature better off better one word in time than two afterwards better part of better place better safe than sorry better than a kick in the teeth better than a poke in the eye better than a poke in the eye with a burnt stick better than a poke in the eye with a rusty nail better than a poke in the eye with a sharp stick better than a poke in the eye with a shitty stick better than nothing better than sex better the devil you know better the devil you know than the devil you don't better the devil you know than the devil you don't know better the devil you know than the one you don't better the devil you know than the one you don't know better to be late than be dead on time better to light a candle than to curse the darkness better to light a single candle than to curse the darkness better to light one candle than to curse the darkness better to light one small candle than to curse the darkness better-known better-paid betterable betterer betterfy betterhood betterish betterment bettern't betterness bettership bettersome build a better mousetrap build a better mousetrap and the world will beat a path to your door discretion is the better part of valor discretion is the better part of valour do someone one better embetter for better or for worse for better or worse for the better get better get the better of go one better had better half a loaf is better than no bread half a loaf is better than no loaf half a loaf is better than none have seen better days it is better to travel hopefully than to arrive it's better to ask forgiveness than permission it's better to be judged by twelve than to be carried by six know any better know better make a better door than a window no better than one ought to be prevention is better than cure so much the better something is better than nothing strictly better take a turn for the better the better is the enemy of the good the devil we know is better than the devil we don't the devil we know is better than the devil we don't know the devil you know is better than the devil you don't the devil you know is better than the devil you don't know the fewer the better fare the grey mare is the better horse think better of two heads are better than one unbetterable unbettered work better under pressure you better believe it
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adjective almost almost best amount animate below below best best between comparative comparative good deemed description entity feeling feeling good gets good good best good gets good superlative good thing had better improve improved improvement improving in between lower lower best mood quantity should superior superlative worse
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