Better

a.	1.	Having good qualities in a greater degree than another; as, a better man; a better physician; a better house; a better air. Could make the worse appear The better reason. - Milton.
	2.	Preferable in regard to rank, value, use, fitness, acceptableness, safety, or in any other respect. To obey is better than sacrifice. - 1 Sam. xv. 22. It is better to trust in the Lord than to put confidence in princes. - Ps. cxviii. 9.
	3.	Greater in amount; larger; more.
	4.	Improved in health; less affected with disease; as, the patient is better.
	5.	More advanced; more perfect; as, upon better acquaintance; a better knowledge of the subject. All the better See under All, adv. Better half an expression used to designate one's wife. My dear, my better half (said he), I find I must now leave thee. - Sir P. Sidney. By all that's holy, he had better starve Than but once think this place becomes thee not. - Shak.
n.	1.	Advantage, superiority, or victory; - usually with of; as, to get the better of an enemy.
	2.	One who has a claim to precedence; a superior, as in merit, social standing, etc.; - usually in the plural. Their betters would hardly be found. - Hooker. For the better in the way of improvement; so as to produce improvement. - Dryden.
adv.	1.	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. I could have better spared a better man. - Shak.
	2.	More correctly or thoroughly. The better to understand the extent of our knowledge. - Locke.
	3.	In a higher or greater degree; more; as, to love one better than another. Never was monarch better feared, and loved. - Shak.
	4.	More, in reference to value, distance, time, etc.; as, ten miles and better. To think better of to have a more favorable opinion of any one. to reconsider and alter one's decision.
v. t.	1.	To improve or ameliorate; to increase the good qualities of. [imp. & p. p. Bettered ( ); p. pr. & vb. n. Bettering.] Love betters what is best. - Wordsworth. He thought to better his circumstances. - Thackeray.
	2.	To improve the condition of, morally, physically, financially, socially, or otherwise. The constant effort of every man to better himself. - Macaulay.
	3.	To surpass in excellence; to exceed; to excel. The works of nature do always aim at that which can not be bettered. - Hooker.
	4.	To give advantage to; to support; to advance the interest of. Weapons more violent, when next we meet, May serve to better us and worse our foes. - Milton.
v. i.	1.	To become better; to improve.
n.	1.	One who bets or lays a wager.

Noun	1.	better - one having claim to precedence; a superior; "the common man has been kept in his place by his betters"
	2.	better - someone who bets Synonyms: bettor, wagerer, punter
	3.	better - the superior one of two alternatives; "chose the better of the two"
Verb	1.	better - surpass in excellence; "She bettered her own record"; "break a record" Synonyms: break
	2.	better - to make better; "The editor improved the manuscript with his changes" Synonyms: ameliorate, improve, meliorate, amend Antonyms: aggravate, exacerbate, worsen, exasperate - make worse; "This drug aggravates the pain"
	3.	better - get better; "The weather improved toward evening" Synonyms: ameliorate, improve, meliorate Antonyms: decline, worsen - grow worse; "Conditions in the slum worsened"
Adj.	1.	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" Antonyms: 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"
	2.	better - (comparative of `good') changed for the better in health or fitness; "her health is better now"; "I feel better" Antonyms: worsened, worse - changed for the worse in health or fitness; "I feel worse today"; "her cold is worse"
	3.	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" Synonyms: best
	4.	better - more than half; "argued for the better part of an hour"
Adv.	1.	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"
	2.	better - from a position of superiority or authority; "father knows best"; "I know better." Synonyms: best

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