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"word": "against one's better judgment"
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"word": "all to the better"
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"word": "an ounce of prevention is better than an ounce of cure"
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"word": "an ounce of prevention is better than a pound of cure"
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"word": "are you feeling better"
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"word": "better and better"
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"word": "better an egg today than a hen tomorrow"
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"word": "better angels"
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"word": "better angels of one's nature"
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"word": "better angels of someone's nature"
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"word": "better ball"
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"word": "better dead than Red"
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"word": "better Dead than Red"
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"word": "better dead than red"
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"word": "better for it"
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"word": "betterfy"
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"word": "better half"
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"word": "betterhood"
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"word": "betterish"
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"word": "better is the enemy of good"
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"word": "better-known"
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"word": "better late than never"
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"word": "better light"
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"word": "better nature"
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"word": "betterness"
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"word": "better off"
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"word": "better-paid"
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"word": "better part of"
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"word": "better place"
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"word": "better safe than sorry"
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"word": "bettership"
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"word": "bettersome"
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"word": "better than a kick in the teeth"
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"word": "better than a poke in the eye"
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"word": "better than a poke in the eye with a burnt stick"
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"word": "better than a poke in the eye with a rusty nail"
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"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "better than a poke in the eye with a sharp stick"
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"word": "better than a poke in the eye with a shitty stick"
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"word": "better than nothing"
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"word": "better than sex"
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"word": "better the devil you know than the devil you don't"
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"word": "better the devil you know than the devil you don't know"
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"word": "better the devil you know than the one you don't"
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"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "better the devil you know than the one you don't know"
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"word": "better to be late than be dead on time"
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"word": "better to light a candle than to curse the darkness"
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"word": "better to light a single candle than to curse the darkness"
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"word": "better to light one candle than to curse the darkness"
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"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "better to light one small candle than to curse the darkness"
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"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "build a better mousetrap"
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"word": "discretion is the better part of valor"
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"word": "discretion is the better part of valour"
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"word": "do someone one better"
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"word": "embetter"
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"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "for better or for worse"
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"word": "for better or worse"
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"word": "for the better"
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"word": "get better"
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"word": "go one better"
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"word": "half a loaf is better than no bread"
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"word": "half a loaf is better than no loaf"
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"word": "half a loaf is better than none"
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"word": "have seen better days"
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"word": "I couldn't have said it better myself"
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"word": "it is better to travel hopefully than to arrive"
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"word": "it's better to ask forgiveness than permission"
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"word": "it's better to be judged by twelve than to be carried by six"
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"word": "know any better"
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"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "know better"
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"word": "make a better door than a window"
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"word": "no better than one ought to be"
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"word": "prevention is better than cure"
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"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "something is better than nothing"
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"word": "so much the better"
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"word": "strictly better"
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"word": "take a turn for the better"
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"word": "the better is the enemy of the good"
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"word": "the devil we know is better than the devil we don't"
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"word": "the devil we know is better than the devil we don't know"
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"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "the devil you know is better than the devil you don't"
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"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "the devil you know is better than the devil you don't know"
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"word": "the fewer the better fare"
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"word": "the grey mare is the better horse"
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"word": "think better of"
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"word": "two heads are better than one"
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"word": "work better under pressure"
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"word": "you better believe it"
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"expansion": "→ Jamaican Creole: beta",
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"text": "→ Jamaican Creole: beta"
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"4": "",
"5": "better"
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"4": "blessed, fortunate, happy, good",
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"etymology_text": "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”).\nCognate with Sanskrit भद्र (bhadrá, “blessed, fortunate, happy, good”) (from *bʰn̥d-ró-s). For Germanic cognates: see Proto-Germanic *batizô. Related to best and battle (“getting better, improving, fruitful, fertile”). Compare also Icelandic batna (“to improve”), bót (“improvement”), German besser. More at batten, boot.\nPersian بهتر (behtar) is a false cognate.",
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{
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{
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{
"word": "bettern't"
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"ref": "c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Othello, the Moore of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene iii]:",
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{
"ref": "1901, Louis Couperus, translated by Alexander Teixeira de Mattos, Small Souls:",
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{
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{
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{
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{
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{
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{
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{
"code": "gl",
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{
"code": "ka",
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"sense": "comparative of the adverb well",
"word": "ჯობს"
},
{
"code": "ka",
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"sense": "comparative of the adverb well",
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{
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{
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{
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{
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{
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{
"code": "pt",
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{
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{
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{
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{
"code": "tr",
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{
"code": "tr",
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{
"code": "uk",
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{
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{
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{
"ipa": "[ˈbeɾɐ]",
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]
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{
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{
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{
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"word": "better angels"
},
{
"word": "better angels of one's nature"
},
{
"word": "better angels of someone's nature"
},
{
"word": "better ball"
},
{
"word": "better dead than Red"
},
{
"word": "better Dead than Red"
},
{
"word": "better dead than red"
},
{
"word": "better for it"
},
{
"word": "betterfy"
},
{
"word": "better half"
},
{
"word": "betterhood"
},
{
"word": "betterish"
},
{
"word": "better is the enemy of good"
},
{
"word": "better-known"
},
{
"word": "better late than never"
},
{
"word": "better light"
},
{
"word": "better nature"
},
{
"word": "betterness"
},
{
"word": "better off"
},
{
"word": "better-paid"
},
{
"word": "better part of"
},
{
"word": "better place"
},
{
"word": "better safe than sorry"
},
{
"word": "bettership"
},
{
"word": "bettersome"
},
{
"word": "better than a kick in the teeth"
},
{
"word": "better than a poke in the eye"
},
{
"word": "better than a poke in the eye with a burnt stick"
},
{
"word": "better than a poke in the eye with a rusty nail"
},
{
"word": "better than a poke in the eye with a sharp stick"
},
{
"word": "better than a poke in the eye with a shitty stick"
},
{
"word": "better than nothing"
},
{
"word": "better than sex"
},
{
"word": "better the devil you know than the devil you don't"
},
{
"word": "better the devil you know than the devil you don't know"
},
{
"word": "better the devil you know than the one you don't"
},
{
"word": "better the devil you know than the one you don't know"
},
{
"word": "better to be late than be dead on time"
},
{
"word": "better to light a candle than to curse the darkness"
},
{
"word": "better to light a single candle than to curse the darkness"
},
{
"word": "better to light one candle than to curse the darkness"
},
{
"word": "better to light one small candle than to curse the darkness"
},
{
"word": "build a better mousetrap"
},
{
"word": "discretion is the better part of valor"
},
{
"word": "discretion is the better part of valour"
},
{
"word": "do someone one better"
},
{
"word": "embetter"
},
{
"word": "for better or for worse"
},
{
"word": "for better or worse"
},
{
"word": "for the better"
},
{
"word": "get better"
},
{
"word": "go one better"
},
{
"word": "half a loaf is better than no bread"
},
{
"word": "half a loaf is better than no loaf"
},
{
"word": "half a loaf is better than none"
},
{
"word": "have seen better days"
},
{
"word": "I couldn't have said it better myself"
},
{
"word": "it is better to travel hopefully than to arrive"
},
{
"word": "it's better to ask forgiveness than permission"
},
{
"word": "it's better to be judged by twelve than to be carried by six"
},
{
"word": "know any better"
},
{
"word": "know better"
},
{
"word": "make a better door than a window"
},
{
"word": "no better than one ought to be"
},
{
"word": "prevention is better than cure"
},
{
"word": "something is better than nothing"
},
{
"word": "so much the better"
},
{
"word": "strictly better"
},
{
"word": "take a turn for the better"
},
{
"word": "the better is the enemy of the good"
},
{
"word": "the devil we know is better than the devil we don't"
},
{
"word": "the devil we know is better than the devil we don't know"
},
{
"word": "the devil you know is better than the devil you don't"
},
{
"word": "the devil you know is better than the devil you don't know"
},
{
"word": "the fewer the better fare"
},
{
"word": "the grey mare is the better horse"
},
{
"word": "think better of"
},
{
"word": "two heads are better than one"
},
{
"word": "work better under pressure"
},
{
"word": "you better believe it"
}
],
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{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "jam",
"2": "beta",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Jamaican Creole: beta",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Jamaican Creole: beta"
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "enm",
"3": "better"
},
"expansion": "Middle English better",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ang",
"3": "betera",
"4": "",
"5": "better"
},
"expansion": "Old English betera (“better”)",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "gmw-pro",
"3": "*batiʀō"
},
"expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *batiʀō",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "*batizô",
"4": "",
"5": "better"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Germanic *batizô (“better”)",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "",
"4": "*bʰed-rós"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *bʰed-rós",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sa",
"2": "भद्र",
"3": "",
"4": "blessed, fortunate, happy, good",
"tr": "bhadrá"
},
"expansion": "Sanskrit भद्र (bhadrá, “blessed, fortunate, happy, good”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "gem-pro",
"2": "*batizô"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Germanic *batizô",
"name": "m+"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "is",
"2": "batna",
"3": "",
"4": "to improve"
},
"expansion": "Icelandic batna (“to improve”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "besser"
},
"expansion": "German besser",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "fa",
"2": "بهتر",
"tr": "behtar"
},
"expansion": "Persian بهتر (behtar)",
"name": "noncog"
}
],
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{
"form": "good",
"tags": [
"positive"
]
},
{
"form": "well",
"tags": [
"adverb"
]
},
{
"form": "betterer",
"tags": [
"comparative",
"humorous"
]
},
{
"form": "betterest",
"tags": [
"humorous",
"superlative"
]
},
{
"form": "best",
"tags": [
"standard"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {
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"10": "betterest",
"11": "or (standard)",
"12": "best",
"2": "adjective",
"3": "positive",
"4": "good",
"5": "adverb",
"6": "well",
"7": "comparative (humorous)",
"8": "betterer",
"9": "superlative (humorous)"
},
"expansion": "better (positive good, adverb well, comparative (humorous) betterer, superlative (humorous) betterest, or (standard) best)",
"name": "head"
}
],
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"bet‧ter"
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "adj",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Comparative of lang=en",
"English comparative adjectives",
"English terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "2002 November 1, “Shindig”, in Firefly, episode 4:",
"text": "Badger: You think you're better than other people.\nMal: Just the ones I'm better than.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"form_of": [
{
"word": "good"
}
],
"glosses": [
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],
"links": [
[
"good",
"good#English"
]
],
"tags": [
"comparative",
"form-of"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Comparative of lang=en",
"English comparative adjectives"
],
"form_of": [
{
"word": "well"
}
],
"glosses": [
"comparative degree of well"
],
"links": [
[
"well",
"well#English"
]
],
"tags": [
"comparative",
"form-of"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with quotations",
"Quotation templates to be cleaned"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1972, Harvey Andrews, Hey Sandy:",
"text": "“The air was still with the lonely thrill of 'now the hour is near'\n And the smell of sweat was better yet than the awful stench of fear.”",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Greater in amount or quantity"
],
"links": [
[
"amount",
"amount"
],
[
"quantity",
"quantity"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "The top electric vehicles have a range of 300 kilometres or better. (better = greater)",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "Only one swimmer finished the race with a time better than two minutes. (better = lesser)",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Greater or lesser (whichever is seen as more advantageous), in reference to value, distance, time, etc."
],
"links": [
[
"Greater",
"greater"
],
[
"lesser",
"lesser"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "We can't go to the zoo today because you're sick; let's go when you're all better.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Healed or recovered from an injury or illness."
],
"links": [
[
"Healed",
"heal"
],
[
"recover",
"recover"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈbɛtə/",
"note": "non-rhotic"
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈbɛtʰə]",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈbeɾə]",
"tags": [
"General-Australian"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈbeɾɐ]",
"tags": [
"New-Zealand"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈbeʔə]",
"tags": [
"UK",
"dialectal"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈbɛtəɹ/",
"note": "rhotic"
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈbɛɾɚ]",
"tags": [
"Canada",
"General-American"
]
},
{
"audio": "en-us-better.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/45/En-us-better.ogg/En-us-better.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/45/En-us-better.ogg"
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈbɛtʰɚ~ˈbɛθ̠ɚ~ˈbɛt̪ɚ]",
"tags": [
"Ireland"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈbɛʔɚ~ˈbɛʔəɾ]",
"tags": [
"Scotland"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɛtə(ɹ)"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "avd",
"lang": "Alviri-Vidari",
"roman": "vaderter",
"sense": "comparative of the adjectives good or well",
"tags": [
"Vidari"
],
"word": "ودرتر"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ʔafḍal",
"sense": "comparative of the adjectives good or well",
"word": "أَفْضَل"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ʔaḥsan",
"sense": "comparative of the adjectives good or well",
"word": "أَحْسَن"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "aveli lav",
"sense": "comparative of the adjectives good or well",
"word": "ավելի լավ"
},
{
"code": "as",
"lang": "Assamese",
"roman": "-koi bhal",
"sense": "comparative of the adjectives good or well",
"word": "-কৈ ভাল"
},
{
"code": "ast",
"lang": "Asturian",
"sense": "comparative of the adjectives good or well",
"word": "meyor"
},
{
"code": "eu",
"lang": "Basque",
"sense": "comparative of the adjectives good or well",
"word": "hobe"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "ljépšy",
"sense": "comparative of the adjectives good or well",
"word": "ле́пшы"
},
{
"code": "bn",
"lang": "Bengali",
"roman": "arō bhalo",
"sense": "comparative of the adjectives good or well",
"word": "আরও ভাল"
},
{
"code": "bn",
"lang": "Bengali",
"roman": "afjol",
"sense": "comparative of the adjectives good or well",
"word": "আফজল"
},
{
"code": "br",
"lang": "Breton",
"sense": "comparative of the adjectives good or well",
"word": "gwell"
},
{
"code": "br",
"lang": "Breton",
"sense": "comparative of the adjectives good or well",
"word": "gwelloc'h"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "po-dobǎr",
"sense": "comparative of the adjectives good or well",
"word": "по-добър"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "comparative of the adjectives good or well",
"word": "millor"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "gèng hǎo",
"sense": "comparative of the adjectives good or well",
"word": "更好"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "comparative of the adjectives good or well",
"word": "比較好的"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "bǐjiào hǎo de",
"sense": "comparative of the adjectives good or well",
"word": "比较好的"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "comparative of the adjectives good or well",
"word": "較好的"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "jiào hǎo de",
"sense": "comparative of the adjectives good or well",
"word": "较好的"
},
{
"code": "kw",
"lang": "Cornish",
"sense": "comparative of the adjectives good or well",
"word": "gwell"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "comparative of the adjectives good or well",
"word": "lepší"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "comparative of the adjectives good or well",
"word": "bedre"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "comparative of the adjectives good or well",
"word": "beter"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "comparative of the adjectives good or well",
"word": "pli bona"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "comparative of the adjectives good or well",
"word": "parem"
},
{
"code": "fo",
"lang": "Faroese",
"sense": "comparative of the adjectives good or well",
"word": "betri"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "comparative of the adjectives good or well",
"word": "parempi"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "comparative of the adjectives good or well",
"word": "meilleur"
},
{
"code": "fur",
"lang": "Friulian",
"sense": "comparative of the adjectives good or well",
"word": "miôr"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "comparative of the adjectives good or well",
"word": "mellor"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "uḳetesi",
"sense": "comparative of the adjectives good or well",
"word": "უკეთესი"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "umǯobesi",
"sense": "comparative of the adjectives good or well",
"word": "უმჯობესი"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "comparative of the adjectives good or well",
"word": "besser"
},
{
"code": "got",
"lang": "Gothic",
"roman": "batiza",
"sense": "comparative of the adjectives good or well",
"word": "𐌱𐌰𐍄𐌹𐌶𐌰"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "kalýteros",
"sense": "comparative of the adjectives good or well",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "καλύτερος"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "beltíōn",
"sense": "comparative of the adjectives good or well",
"word": "βελτίων"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "kreíssōn",
"sense": "comparative of the adjectives good or well",
"word": "κρείσσων"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "kallíōn",
"sense": "comparative of the adjectives good or well",
"word": "καλλίων"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "bélteros",
"sense": "comparative of the adjectives good or well",
"tags": [
"Epic"
],
"word": "βέλτερος"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "behtar",
"sense": "comparative of the adjectives good or well",
"word": "बेहतर"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "comparative of the adjectives good or well",
"word": "jobb"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "comparative of the adjectives good or well",
"word": "betri"
},
{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "comparative of the adjectives good or well",
"word": "plu bona"
},
{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "comparative of the adjectives good or well",
"word": "maxim"
},
{
"code": "ia",
"lang": "Interlingua",
"sense": "comparative of the adjectives good or well",
"word": "melior"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "comparative of the adjectives good or well",
"word": "níos fearr"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "comparative of the adjectives good or well",
"word": "migliore"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "comparative of the adjectives good or well",
"word": "meglio"
},
{
"code": "jam",
"lang": "Jamaican Creole",
"sense": "comparative of the adjectives good or well",
"word": "beta"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"english": "motto ii",
"lang": "Japanese",
"sense": "comparative of the adjectives good or well",
"word": "もっといい"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "yoriyoi",
"sense": "comparative of the adjectives good or well",
"word": "より良い"
},
{
"code": "krl",
"lang": "Karelian",
"sense": "comparative of the adjectives good or well",
"word": "parempi"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "deo jo'eun",
"sense": "comparative of the adjectives good or well",
"word": "더 좋은"
},
{
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "comparative of the adjectives good or well",
"word": "baştir"
},
{
"code": "lld",
"lang": "Ladin",
"sense": "comparative of the adjectives good or well",
"word": "miec"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "comparative of the adjectives good or well",
"word": "melior"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "comparative of the adjectives good or well",
"word": "potior"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "podobar",
"sense": "comparative of the adjectives good or well",
"word": "подобар"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "comparative of the adjectives good or well",
"word": "lebih baik"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "comparative of the adjectives good or well",
"word": "lebih bagus"
},
{
"code": "nap",
"lang": "Neapolitan",
"sense": "comparative of the adjectives good or well",
"word": "meglio"
},
{
"code": "nrf",
"lang": "Norman",
"sense": "comparative of the adjectives good or well",
"word": "miyeu"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "comparative of the adjectives good or well",
"word": "bedre"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "comparative of the adjectives good or well",
"word": "betre"
},
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