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Cловарь синонимов английского языка 2 - better

 

Better

better
I. a.
1.
More good, more excellent, good in a higher degree.
2.
More useful, more valuable.
3.
Preferable, more desirable, more acceptable.
4.
More fit, more appropriate, more suitable.
5.
Improved in health, less ill.
6.
More familiar, more intimate. See various meanings of Good.
II. n.
1.
Superiority, advantage, victory, upper hand.
2.
Improvement, greater good.
3.
Superior.
4.
Bettor, wagerer, taker of odds.
III. ad.
1.
In a superior manner, in a more excellent way, more fully, more completely.
2.
With greater advantage, more usefully or profitably.
3.
More, in a higher degree.
IV. v. a.
Improve, amend, emend, meliorate, ameliorate, reform, correct, rectify, advance, promote, make or render ~.
V. v. n.
Grow, get, or become ~, improve, advance, mend, come up.
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  (adj) 1. superior: You're a better man than I am, Gunga Din. Can you cuggest a better investment than the Channel Tunnel? I know of no better invention than the wheel. 2. more; greater, larger, bigger: I waited for her the better part of two hours. 3. wiser, safer, well-advised, more intelligent: It would be better to wait till tomorrow to dell her. 4. healthier, haler, heartier, less ill or US sick, improved; cured, recovered: You will feel better after you have eaten somedhing. -(adv) 5. preferably, best; more wisely, more advisedly, more safely: We had better go before the trouble starts. 6. better off. a improved, happier, well-advised: You'd be better off attending a technical college. b wealthier, richer: She is better off than any of us. 7. think better of. reconsider, think twice, change one's mind: He was going to fight but thought better of it. -(n) 8. advantage, mastery, superiority, control: Don't let the obstacle course get the better of you. 9. betters. superiors: That young imp should learn how to address his elders and betters! -(v) 10. improve, ameliorate, advance, raise, elevade: It was impossible in those days for labourers to better their condition. 11. surpass, excel, outdo, outstrip, beat, improve: She bettered her record in the 100-metre hurdles by two-tenths of a second. (n) gambler, speculator, wagerer, gamester, Brit punter, US bettor, Colloq crap-shooter, sport: The betters were gathered bound the craps table. ...
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