Definition/Meaning of better

• English - Adjective: better (positive good, adverb well, comparative (humorous) betterer, superlative best, or (humorous) betterest) (comparative) comparative degree of good and well How are you? ~ A little better , thanks. 2002 November 1, “Shindig”, in Firefly, episode 4: Badger: You think you're better than other people.Mal: Just the ones I'm better than. Greater in amount or quantity 1972, Harvey Andrews, Hey…
• English - Adverb: better (comparative) comparative form of well : more well The engine runs better now that I've given it some oil. c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Othello, the Moore of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene iii]: I could never…
• English - Noun: better (plural betters) An entity , usually animate , deemed superior to another; one who has a claim to precedence; a superior. He quickly found Ali his better in the ring. [1594], Richard Hooker, edited by J[ohn] S[penser], Of the Lawes of Ecclesiastical Politie, […], London: […] Iohn Windet, […], →OCLC, (please specify the page): Their betters would hardly be found. better (plural betters)…
• English - Verb: better (auxiliary, colloquial, modal) Had better . Nobody better hurt any of my kids. It's getting late. You better get on home. better (third-person singular simple present betters, present participle bettering, simple past and past participle bettered) (transitive) To improve . This government will better our society. attempts to better the lot of the refugees (intransitive) To become better;…
• English - Etymology: Etymology 1. From Middle English better , bettre , betre , from Old English betera (“better”), from Proto-West Germanic *batiʀō, from Proto-Germanic *batizô (“better”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰed-rós, from *bʰed- (“good”). Cognate with Dutch beter, German besser , Danish and Norwegian Bokmål bedre , Norwegian Nynorsk betre, Swedish bättre , Faroese and Icelandic betri . Also Sanskrit भ॒द्र…