Better
Having good qualities in a greater degree than another; as, a better man; a better physician; a better house; a better air.
Preferable in regard to rank, value, use, fitness, acceptableness, safety, or in any other respect.
Greater in amount; larger; more.
Improved in health; less affected with disease; as, the patient is better.
More advanced; more perfect; as, upon better acquaintance; a better knowledge of the subject.
Advantage, superiority, or victory; -- usually with of; as, to get the better of an enemy.
One who has a claim to precedence; a superior, as in merit, social standing, etc.; -- usually in the plural.
In a superior or more excellent manner; with more skill and wisdom, courage, virtue, advantage, or success; as, Henry writes better than John; veterans fight better than recruits.
More correctly or thoroughly.
In a higher or greater degree; more; as, to love one better than another.
More, in reference to value, distance, time, etc.; as, ten miles and better.
To improve or ameliorate; to increase the good qualities of.
To improve the condition of, morally, physically, financially, socially, or otherwise.
To surpass in excellence; to exceed; to excel.
To give advantage to; to support; to advance the interest of.
To become better; to improve.
One who bets or lays a wager.
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Better Quotations
Whatever your life's work is, do it well. A man should do his job so well that the living, the dead, and the unborn could do it no better.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Almost always, the creative dedicated minority has made the world better.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to open one's mouth and remove all doubt.
Abraham Lincoln
You have to learn the rules of the game. And then you have to play better than anyone else.
Albert Einstein
Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.
Albert Einstein
Love is a better teacher than duty.
Albert Einstein
It is better to conquer yourself than to win a thousand battles. Then the victory is yours. It cannot be taken from you, not by angels or by demons, heaven or hell.
Buddha
Better than a thousand hollow words, is one word that brings peace.
Buddha
All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
It is better to travel well than to arrive.
Buddha
Better Translations
better in Afrikaans is beter
better in Danish is bedre
better in Dutch is beter
better in French is meilleur
better in German is besser
better in Italian is migliore
better in Latin is melior
better in Norwegian is bedre
better in Portuguese is melhor
better in Spanish is mejor
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