"better" meaning in Anglais

See better in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: \ˈbɛɾ.ɚ\, \ˈbɛt.ə\, \ˈbɛɾ.ɚ\, ˈbɛɾ.ɚ, \ˈbɛt.ə\, ˈbɛt.ə, ˈbɛ.tə Audio: En-us-better.ogg , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Back ache-better.wav , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Nattes à chat-better.wav , LL-Q1860 (eng)-She animates-better.wav , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-better.wav , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Grendelkhan-better.wav Forms: good [positive], best [superlative]
  1. Comparatif de good (« bien ») : meilleur. Form of: meilleur
    Sense id: fr-better-en-adj-Tq6Fc1HM Categories (other): Adjectifs comparatifs en anglais
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms (de mieux en mieux): better and better Derived forms (tant mieux): so much the better Derived forms (triompher sur (quelqu’un): get the better of

Adverb

IPA: \ˈbɛɾ.ɚ\, \ˈbɛt.ə\, \ˈbɛɾ.ɚ\, ˈbɛɾ.ɚ, \ˈbɛt.ə\, ˈbɛt.ə, ˈbɛ.tə Audio: En-us-better.ogg , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Back ache-better.wav , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Nattes à chat-better.wav , LL-Q1860 (eng)-She animates-better.wav , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-better.wav , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Grendelkhan-better.wav Forms: well [positive], best [superlative]
  1. Comparatif de well (« bien ») : mieux. Form of: mieux
    Sense id: fr-better-en-adv-owmXQvT4 Categories (other): Adverbes comparatifs en anglais
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated

Noun

IPA: \ˈbɛɾ.ɚ\, \ˈbɛt.ə\, \ˈbɛɾ.ɚ\, ˈbɛɾ.ɚ, \ˈbɛt.ə\, ˈbɛt.ə, ˈbɛ.tə Audio: En-us-better.ogg , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Back ache-better.wav , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Nattes à chat-better.wav , LL-Q1860 (eng)-She animates-better.wav , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-better.wav , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Grendelkhan-better.wav Forms: betters [plural]
  1. Supérieur.
    Sense id: fr-better-en-noun-ul~Oteoe
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated

Verb

IPA: \ˈbɛɾ.ɚ\, \ˈbɛt.ə\, \ˈbɛɾ.ɚ\, ˈbɛɾ.ɚ, \ˈbɛt.ə\, ˈbɛt.ə, ˈbɛ.tə Audio: En-us-better.ogg , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Back ache-better.wav , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Nattes à chat-better.wav , LL-Q1860 (eng)-She animates-better.wav , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-better.wav , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Grendelkhan-better.wav Forms: to better [infinitive], betters [present, third-person, singular], bettered [preterite], bettered [participle, past], bettering [participle, present]
  1. Dépasser, surpasser.
    Sense id: fr-better-en-verb-njzGi0wR
  2. Se perfectionner, s’améliorer.
    Sense id: fr-better-en-verb-GXOZh2uP
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated

Verb

IPA: \ˈbɛɾ.ɚ\, \ˈbɛt.ə\, \ˈbɛɾ.ɚ\, ˈbɛɾ.ɚ, \ˈbɛt.ə\, ˈbɛt.ə, ˈbɛ.tə Audio: En-us-better.ogg , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Back ache-better.wav , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Nattes à chat-better.wav , LL-Q1860 (eng)-She animates-better.wav , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-better.wav , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Grendelkhan-better.wav Forms: bettern’t [present]
  1. Devrais, devrait, devrions, devriez, devraient (selon la personne et le nombre). Plus impératif et plus pressant que should.
    Sense id: fr-better-en-verb-ekgugxDN Categories (other): Termes populaires en anglais
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: had better

Inflected forms

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