Improve, better, help, ameliorate mean to make more acceptable or to bring nearer a standard Compare also icelandic batna (“to improve”), bót (“improvement”), german besser. Improve and better are general and interchangeable and apply to what can be made better whether it is good or bad.
Of a higher standard, or more suitable, pleasing, or effective than other… Related to best and battle (“getting better, improving, fruitful, fertile”) What is a basic definition of better
Trying to better conditions in the prison Bettered myself by changing jobs Practiced so he could better his rival. Find 792 different ways to say better, along with antonyms, related words, and example sentences at thesaurus.com.
[usually singular] something that is preferable The better of two choices [plural] those superior to oneself Stop thinking of them as your betters.
