Vi fant 21 definisjoner av better på engelsk.
Noun |
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| better - the superior one of two alternatives; "chose the better of the two" | ||
| goodness, good moral excellence or admirableness; "there is much good to be found in people" | ||
| better - something superior in quality or condition or effect; "a change for the better" | ||
| better - a superior person having claim to precedence; "the common man has been kept in his place by his betters" | ||
Verb |
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| better - to make better; "The editor improved the manuscript with his changes" | ||
| improve, amend, ameliorate, meliorate | ||
| aggravate, exacerbate, worsen, exasperate exasperate or irritate | ||
| ameliorate, improve, meliorate, better get better; "The weather improved toward evening" | ||
| modify, alter, change make less severe or harsh or extreme; "please modify this letter to make it more polite"; "he modified his views on same-gender marriage" | ||
| alleviate, palliate, assuage, relieve provide physical relief, as from pain; "This pill will relieve your headaches" | ||
| aid, help improve the condition of; "These pills will help the patient" | ||
| revitalize, regenerate give new life or vigor to | ||
| enrich make better or improve in quality; "The experience enriched her understanding"; "enriched foods" | ||
| build up, develop enlarge, develop, or increase by degrees or in stages; "build up your savings" | ||
| ameliorate, improve, meliorate, better get better; "The weather improved toward evening" | ||
| turn around improve significantly; go from bad to good; "Her performance in school picked up" | ||
| help improve the condition of; "These pills will help the patient" | ||
| upgrade to improve what was old or outdated; "I've upgraded my computer so I can run better software"; "The company upgraded their personnel" | ||
| condition apply conditioner to in order to make smooth and shiny; "I condition my hair after washing it" | ||
| emend make improvements or corrections to; "the text was emended in the second edition" | ||
| put right, iron out, straighten out settle or put right; "we need to iron out our disagreements" | ||
| enhance increase; "This will enhance your enjoyment"; "heighten the tension" | ||
| bushel, furbish up, mend, doctor, touch on, repair, restore, fix heal or recover; "My broken leg is mending" | ||
| reform change for the better; "The lazy student promised to reform"; "the habitual cheater finally saw the light" | ||
| reform change for the better; "The lazy student promised to reform"; "the habitual cheater finally saw the light" | ||
| fancify, prettify, beautify, embellish make more beautiful | ||
| build develop and grow; "Suspense was building right from the beginning of the opera" | ||
| perfect, hone make perfect or complete; "perfect your French in Paris!" | ||
| fine-tune, polish, down, refine adjust finely; "fine-tune the engine" | ||
| make pure, purify, distill, sublimate remove impurities from, increase the concentration of, and separate through the process of distillation; "purify the water" | ||
| fructify bear fruit; "the apple trees fructify" | ||
| lift, raise remove from a surface; "the detective carefully lifted some fingerprints from the table" | ||
| advance rise in rate or price; "The stock market gained 24 points today" | ||
| upgrade to improve what was old or outdated; "I've upgraded my computer so I can run better software"; "The company upgraded their personnel" | ||
| educate give an education to; "We must educate our youngsters better" | ||
| better - get better; "The weather improved toward evening" | ||
| improve, ameliorate, meliorate | ||
| worsen, decline grow worse; "Conditions in the slum worsened" | ||
| ameliorate, improve, meliorate, amend, better make amendments to; "amend the document" | ||
| change state, turn undergo a transformation or a change of position or action; "We turned from Socialism to Capitalism"; "The people turned against the President when he stole the election" | ||
| convalesce, recuperate, recover get over an illness or shock; "The patient is recuperating" | ||
| heal get healthy again; "The wound is healing slowly" | ||
| see the light, reform, straighten out change for the better; "The lazy student promised to reform"; "the habitual cheater finally saw the light" | ||
| surge see one's performance improve; "He levelled the score and then surged ahead" | ||
| turn around, pick up improve significantly; go from bad to good; "Her performance in school picked up" | ||
| bounce back, get well, get over improve in health; "He got well fast" | ||
| mend, heal heal or recover; "My broken leg is mending" | ||
| fructify bear fruit; "the apple trees fructify" | ||
| upgrade to improve what was old or outdated; "I've upgraded my computer so I can run better software"; "The company upgraded their personnel" | ||
| better - surpass in excellence; "She bettered her own record"; "break a record" | ||
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| outgo, outmatch, outperform, outdo, outstrip, exceed, surmount, surpass get the better of; "the goal was to best the competition" | ||
Adjective |
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| better - (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; "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" | ||
| worse (comparative of `bad') inferior to another in quality or condition or desirability; "this road is worse than the first one we took"; "the road is in worse shape than it was"; "she was accused of worse things than cheating and lying" | ||
| amended modified for the better; "his amended ways" | ||
| finer (comparative of `fine') greater in quality or excellence; "a finer wine"; "a finer musician" | ||
| better - (comparative of `good') changed for the better in health or fitness; "her health is better now"; "I feel better" | ||
| worse, worsened (comparative of `bad') inferior to another in quality or condition or desirability; "this road is worse than the first one we took"; "the road is in worse shape than it was"; "she was accused of worse things than cheating and lying" | ||
| comparative, comparative degree the comparative form of an adjective or adverb; "`faster' is the comparative of the adjective `fast'"; "`less famous' is the comparative degree of the adjective `famous'"; "`more surely' is the comparative of the adverb `surely'" | ||
| better - (comparative and superlative of `well') wiser or more advantageous and hence advisable; "it would be better to speak to him"; "the White House thought it best not to respond" | ||
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| advisable worthy of being recommended or suggested; prudent or wise; "such action is neither necessary nor advisable"; "extreme caution is advisable"; "it is advisable to telephone first" | ||
| better - more than half; "argued for the better part of an hour" | ||
Adverb |
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| better - comparative of `well'; in a better or more excellent manner or more advantageously or attractively or to a greater degree etc.; "She had never sung better"; "a deed better left undone"; "better suited to the job" | ||
| better - from a position of superiority or authority; "father knows best"; "I know better." | ||
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