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# better

«better» in Mova's school dictionary: **more good** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (good, better, best); adverb (well, better, best); verb (better, betters, bettered — to improve); noun (your betters)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Better means more good. A score of 9 is better than a score of 7. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/better/#m1)

2) Better as an adverb means in a more good way: she sings better now. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/better/#m2)

3) Better means less ill: I feel better today. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/better/#m3)

4) «Had better» means should: you had better hurry. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/better/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In maths: a comparison of two results; asks which is more (or less, for price or time); «better buy» compares the price per one item. In school: doing better, getting better with practice. In health: get better soon. Phrases: better than, get better, feel better, had better, better off, all the better, so much the better.

### examples

- Which is the better buy: 3 for $1 or 5 for $2? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/better/#x1)
- Her score was 8 points better. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/better/#x2)
- He did better on the second test. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/better/#x3)
- Is it better to walk or take the bus? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/better/#x4)
- I was sick yesterday, but I feel better now. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/better/#x5)
- You had better take a coat; it is cold. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/better/#x6)
- Her reading gets better every week. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/better/#x7)
- Get well soon and feel better! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/better/#x8)
- Can't you think of something better?" [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/better/#x9)

### note

Comparative of «good» and «well»: good, better, best. Never «more better» or «gooder». A comparison: find the difference or compare per one item. Trap: a better price is a lower one, a better time in a race is a shorter one.

### In the corpora

- [Morning sickness usually gets better after about three or four months, and it is not catching.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/18-were-having-a-baby/12/)
- [Not every illness needs medicine: a cold gets better on its own.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/20-the-doctor-and-the-chemist/5/)
- [Parking rows are common, and knocking politely usually works better than an angry note.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/33-neighbours-the-council-rules-and-fairness/13/)
- [Listening at the door usually gives you only scary half-pieces; asking «Is everything OK?» later works much better.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/35-closed-doors-whispers-and-secrets/10/)
- [They are just better, most of the time, at keeping them in.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/36-big-feelings-in-big-people/1/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «better» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/better/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.