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/ˈbetər/- 1in a way that is more satisfactory, appropriate, pleasant, effective, successful, etc.
The machine works better if you change the oil regularly.
do better:Why was it that everyone else did better than me on the test?
- 2used for saying that one person or thing is liked or known more than anotherlike someone/something better:
I’ve always liked Susan better than her sister.
better known:Rachmaninov’s second piano concerto is better known than his first.
like nothing better than (to do) something (=like something more than anything else):She likes nothing better than a walk in the park with her dog.
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(had) better do something
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