Better is valid Scrabble Word

Definitions for BETTER in dictionary:

VERB:
• to improve
• (of a liquid) rise up to the surface and spill or be about to spill
• (of an emotion) develop and become more intense
• To become better; to improve.
• to make better
• get better
• improve upon
NOUN:
• a shaft sunk into the ground to obtain water, oil, or gas.
• a water spring or fountain.
• a place where there are mineral springs
• a depression made to hold liquid
• a plentiful source or supply
• an enclosed space in the middle of a building, giving room for stairs or a lift, or to allow light or ventilation.
• the place in a law court where the clerks and ushers sit.
• a shelf beneath the counter of a bar on which bottles of alcohol are stored within easy reach of the person serving
• denoting or made with the relatively inexpensive brands of alcohol stored in the well of a bar.
• a region of minimum potential
• 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.
• One who bets or lays a wager.
• something superior in quality or condition or effect
• someone who bets
• a superior person having claim to precedence
• the superior one of two alternatives
INTERJECTION:
• used to express a range of emotions including surprise, anger, resignation, or relief
• used to indicate that one is waiting for an answer or explanation from someone
• used when pausing to consider one's next words, to mark the resumption or end of a conversation, etc.
ADVERB:
• in a good or satisfactory way
• in a way that is appropriate to the facts or circumstances
• so as to have a fortunate outcome
• in a kind way
• with praise or approval
• with equanimity
• profitably; advantageously
• in a condition of prosperity or comfort
• luckily; opportunely
• in a thorough manner
• to a great extent or degree (often used for emphasis)
• intimately; closely
• very; extremely
• used as an intensifier
• very probably; in all likelihood
• without difficulty
• with good reason
• comparative of `well\'; in a better or more excellent manner or more advantageously or attractively or to a greater degree etc.
• from a position of superiority or authority
• in a more excellent manner
ADJECTIVE:
• in good health; free or recovered from illness
• in a satisfactory state or position
• sensible; advisable
• more excellent than others
• 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.
• 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.
• (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
• (comparative of `good\') changed for the better in health or fitness
• (comparative and superlative of `well\') wiser or more advantageous and hence advisable
• more than half

Words related to BETTER

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Words that contain BETTER

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How to use BETTER in a sentence

• Now, towards evening, the wind dropped to a very little breeze, so that we made but slow way, and thus we had better chance to study the weed.
• Let us rather admit that religion, like Janus, or better still, like the Brahman god of death, Yama, has two faces, and like him, one friendly, the other sullen.
• To the shame of the home, it must be said that the school is accomplishing its particular function far better than is the home.
• I figured it out that we young ones were the privates and it was up to us to take orders from the captains who knew their business better than we did and get busy.
• It kept tasting better and better, but, after a while, Brighteyes thought she had enough, and she started to pull her head out of the can.
• If I were in such a situation I could not wish to carry myself better, and surely I can say no more than that.
• The motives which animated Spikeman to play the part which he did in the court that condemned the soldier, will now be better understood.
• I think better of sleep than I ever did, now that she will not easily come near me except in a red hood of poppies.
• It will go still better two days hence, if you play it frequently during that time, slowly, and become quite accustomed to it.
• We had nothing for it but to trust to a better fortune which should draft us into a battalion going soon to the fighting front.
• In these better moments he wanted to believe in something.
• I resolved with the help of heaven to be a better man.
• He found the Captain to be a subject very uncomfortable to mention, and thought as he was sitting there that it might perhaps be better to make his first enquiries of this priest.
• Nobody ever loved his native land better than I do when I am away from it.
• If the robbery be done in the midst of a crowd, the chance of escape is all the better.
• Her blood circulated with its ordinary precision, and, in that respect, no woman ever had a better heart.
• No one ever taught you any thing else, and your creed excluded you from the society of those who better understood what gave value to life.
• I hope he gets on better in the other world than he ever did in this.
• I ask nothing better than to lodge where my father lodged.
• Nor do the working professions fare any better than trade at the hands of Plato.
• I could name a hundred men that are better all-around advertising men than you will ever be.
• Better that they waste time in gaining each foot than by an unwise step ruin all.
• It was better for a man, a good horse between his knees, to find out what lay beyond the Ridges than whether steel was going up or down.
• But when I had stamped up and down for a while, I felt better.
• It was larger and better, and more substantial than the negro huts in general, and he seemed proud and pleased to do the honours to us.
• All such he would take to his garden personally to direct and inspire, and our better men felt all through their lives how much that meant.
• Monckton thought this would suit him much better than being too near.
• The cynical tone was gone, as he spoke of those better influences.
• But there has been a change for the better during recent years.
• Yet one can have them, in crude form, and still better be dead.
• It will be better than slow torture through the years.
• The director was merely trying to scare her into doing better work for him.

Similar words containing BETT without suffix er

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