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Word entry · 6 letters

better

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6 lettersPronunciation /ˈbɛt.ə/Part of speech adverb, adjective, verb, nounSorted beerttStarts with BEnds with R1 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. More good, more suitable, or improved.

Word origin

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”).

Used in a sentence

  • How are you? ~ A little better, thanks.
  • Badger: You think you're better than other people. Mal: Just the ones I'm better than.
  • “The air was still with the lonely thrill of 'now the hour is near' And the smell of sweat was better yet than the awful stench of fear.”

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