Quotes about "better"

• Noun: someone who bets

• Noun: a superior person having claim to precedence; example: "the common man has been kept in his place by his betters"

• Noun: the superior one of two alternatives; example: "chose the better of the two"

• Verb: surpass in excellence; examples: "She bettered her own record", "break a record"

• Verb: to make better; example: "The editor improved the manuscript with his changes"

• Verb: get better; example: "The weather improved toward evening"

• Adj: (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; examples: "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"

• Adj: (comparative of `good') changed for the better in health or fitness; examples: "her health is better now", "I feel better"

• Adj: (comparative and superlative of `well') wiser or more advantageous and hence advisable; examples: "it would be better to speak to him", "the White House thought it best not to respond"

• Adj: more than half; example: "argued for the better part of an hour"

• Adv: comparative of `well'; in a better or more excellent manner or more advantageously or attractively or to a greater degree etc.; examples: "She had never sung better", "a deed better left undone", "better suited to the job"

• Adv: from a position of superiority or authority; examples: "father knows best", "I know better."