BETTERS - Definition & Meaning for Kids

Meaning 1

Part of speech: Adjective (satellite)

more than half

Example: argued for the better part of an hour

Meaning 2

Part of speech: Adjective

(comparative of `good') superior to another (of the same class or set or kind) in excellence or quality or desirability or suitability

Example: 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

Meaning 3

Part of speech: Adjective

(comparative of `good') changed for the better in health or fitness

Example: her health is better now; I feel better

Meaning 4

Part of speech: Noun

something superior in quality or condition or effect

Example: a change for the better

Meaning 5

Part of speech: Noun

the superior one of two alternatives

Example: chose the better of the two

Meaning 6

Part of speech: Noun

a superior person having claim to precedence

Example: the common man has been kept in his place by his betters

Meaning 7

Part of speech: Noun

someone who bets

Meaning 8

Part of speech: Adverb

from a position of superiority or authority

Example: father knows best; I know better.

Meaning 9

Part of speech: Adverb

comparative of `well'

Example: 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

Meaning 10

Part of speech: Verb

surpass in excellence

Example: She bettered her own record; break a record

Meaning 11

Part of speech: Verb

get better

Example: The weather improved toward evening

Meaning 12

Part of speech: Verb

to make better

Example: The editor improved the manuscript with his changes