better

Etymology 1
From, , , from , from , from , from , from.

Cognate with 🇨🇬 (from ). For Germanic cognates: see. Related to and. Compare also 🇨🇬,, 🇨🇬. More at,.

is a false cognate.

Adjective

 * 1) Greater in amount or quantity
 * 2) Greater or lesser (whichever is seen as more advantageous), in reference to value, distance, time, etc.
 * 3) Healed or recovered from an injury or illness.
 * 1) Greater in amount or quantity
 * 2) Greater or lesser (whichever is seen as more advantageous), in reference to value, distance, time, etc.
 * 3) Healed or recovered from an injury or illness.
 * 1) Healed or recovered from an injury or illness.
 * 1) Healed or recovered from an injury or illness.
 * 1) Healed or recovered from an injury or illness.

Translations

 * Alviri-Vidari:
 * Vidari: ودرتر
 * Arabic: أَفْضَل, أَحْسَن
 * Armenian: ավելի լավ
 * Assamese: কৈ ভাল
 * Basque: hobe
 * Belarusian: ле́пшы
 * Bengali: আরও ভাল,
 * Breton: ,
 * Bulgarian: по-добър
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 更好, 比較好的, 較好的
 * Cornish: gwell
 * Czech:
 * Danish: bedre
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: pli bona
 * Estonian: parem
 * Faroese: betri
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Friulian: miôr
 * Galician:
 * Georgian: უკეთესი, უმჯობესი
 * German:
 * Gothic: 𐌱𐌰𐍄𐌹𐌶𐌰
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: βελτίων, κρείσσων, καλλίων, βέλτερος
 * Hindi:
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic:
 * Ido: ,
 * Interlingua: melior
 * Irish: níos fearr
 * Italian: ,
 * Jamaican Creole: beta
 * Japanese: もっといい, より良い
 * Karelian: parempi
 * Korean: 더 좋은
 * Kurdish:
 * Northern Kurdish:
 * Ladin: miec
 * Latin:, potior
 * Macedonian: подобар
 * Malay: lebih baik, lebih bagus
 * Neapolitan: meglio
 * Norman: miyeu
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Nynorsk: betre
 * Occitan:
 * Old English: betera
 * Persian:, بختر
 * Plautdietsch: bäta
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romani: feder
 * Romanian: mai bun, mai bine
 * Romansch: meglier
 * Russian: ,
 * Sanskrit:
 * Sardinian: meglius, megnus, mellus
 * Scottish Gaelic: nas fheàrr
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: бо̏ље̄
 * Roman: ,
 * Sicilian:
 * Slovak: lepší
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Sranan Tongo: betre
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:
 * Thai:
 * Turkish: daha iyi
 * Ukrainian: кра́щий, лі́пший
 * Urdu: بہتر
 * Venetian: mejo
 * Veps: paremba
 * Vietnamese: tốt hơn, khá hơn; khoẻ hơn
 * Volapük: gudikum
 * Võro: parõmb
 * Walloon:
 * Welsh:
 * Yakut: бэт
 * Yiddish: בעסער

Derived terms

 * better the devil you know
 * had better
 * 'd better
 * bettern't

Translations

 * Armenian: ավելի լավ
 * Belarusian: лепш, ле́пей
 * Bulgarian: по-добре
 * Danish: bedre
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Friulian: miei, miôr
 * Galician:
 * Georgian: ჯობს,
 * German:
 * Greek: ,
 * Hindi: (behtar)
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic:
 * Interlingua: melio
 * Italian:
 * Latvian: labāk
 * Ngazidja Comorian: ndro raha
 * Norwegian:
 * Old English: bet
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: mai bine, mai bun
 * Russian:
 * Sanskrit:
 * Sardinian: meglius
 * Slovak: lepšie
 * Slovene: bólje, bóljše
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish: daha iyi, yakşırak
 * Ukrainian: кра́ще, лі́пше
 * Volapük: gudikumo

Noun

 * 1) 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.

Derived terms

 * get the better of

Etymology 2
Shortening of had better ('d better)

Verb

 * 1)  Had better.

Usage notes

 * Better in this sense has often been considered an adverb. But it is virtually synonymous with should in We better be going. and with ought to in We better go. Should and ought are auxiliary verbs.

Etymology 3
From, from , , from. Cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

Verb

 * 1)  To improve.
 * 2)  To become better; to improve.
 * 3)  To surpass in excellence; to exceed; to excel.
 * 4)  To give advantage to; to support; to advance the interest of.
 * 1)  To become better; to improve.
 * 2)  To surpass in excellence; to exceed; to excel.
 * 3)  To give advantage to; to support; to advance the interest of.
 * 1)  To give advantage to; to support; to advance the interest of.
 * 1)  To give advantage to; to support; to advance the interest of.

Synonyms

 * See also Thesaurus:improve

Translations

 * Arabic:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Esperanto: plibonigi
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Friulian: miorâ
 * Galician:
 * Georgian: გაუმჯობესება, გამოსწორება
 * German:
 * Gothic: 𐌱𐍉𐍄𐌾𐌰𐌽
 * Italian:
 * Norwegian:
 * Persian: بهبودن,
 * Polish:, , , polepszyć
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: ,
 * Slovak: zlepšiť, vylepšiť
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:
 * Volapük:
 * Welsh:


 * Arabic: تَحَسَّنَ
 * Russian: ,


 * Russian: ,

Etymology 4
Alternative spelling of or modern formation from the verb to.

Etymology
From.

Adjective

 * 1)  bitter
 * Proverb:

Etymology
From, from.

Adverb

 * 1) better
 * 2) quite recovered from illness
 * 3) more than

Noun

 * 1) that which is better, something better or superior

Verb

 * 1) to better, improve