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better
[¹]
      adj

1 the comparative of → good

2 more excellent than other members of a particular group, category, etc

3 more suitable, advantageous, attractive, etc

4 improved in health

5 fully recovered in health

6 in more favourable circumstances, esp. financially

7   ♦ the better part of   a large part of
the better part of a day
      adv

8 the comparative of → well

9 in a more excellent manner; more advantageously, attractively, etc

10 in or to a greater degree or extent; more
she is better loved than her sister

11 ♦ go one better Brit intr; US tr to outdo (a person) or improve upon (someone else's effort)

12 ♦ had better would be wise, sensible, etc. to
I had better be off

13 ♦ know better than to not to be so stupid as to

14 ♦ think better of

a to change one's course of action after reconsideration

b to rate (a person) more highly
n

15 ♦ the better something that is the more excellent, useful, etc., of two such things

16 usually pl a person who is superior, esp. in social standing or ability

17 ♦ all the better for improved as a result of

18 ♦ all the better to more suitable to

19 ♦ for better for worse whatever the subsequent events or changes may be

20 ♦ for the better by way of improvement
a change for the better

21 ♦ get the better of to defeat, outwit, or surpass

22   ♦ the better of     (Irish)   having recovered from
I'm not the better of it yet
      vb

23 to make or become better

24 tr to improve upon; surpass
(Old English betera; related to Old Norse betri, Gothic batiza, Old High German beziro)

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better [²] , (esp. U.S.) bettor
n a person who bets

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! Best of the Best	n.	Niki
like nothing	adv.	very little; very few; said to indicate that something is in a low amount/quantity or insignificant	E.g. You weigh like nothing; It costs like nothing; It is a big deal, but you make it look like nothing.
count for nothing	exp.	not matter; have no value or effect; be useless
there is more room on the outside than on the inside	q.	This expression means it is better to let one's emotions out, rather than bottled up inside. It is also often said when someone has gas.	this is just something my grandmother would say in cajun french
bad day for science	exp.	expression used when nothing is going well
gentlemanlike	adj.	a man of good breeding, well-behaved, courteous, polite who behaves like a gentleman
slumpy	adj.	undesirable, at much lower standards than expected	synonym for "shitty"
looney	n.	A currency coin worth $1.00 in Canada. Bigger than a quarter but smaller than a tooney.	looney also can mean strange or weird. ex.He had always been a little bit looney.
tops	adv.	maximum; no more (or later) than; at the most	E.g.: You have to be back at 11 o'clock tops; The show lasted one hour tops
! n-count	v.	has the same molecular kinetic energy but appears different in more ways than not.	[English.] to think like you are fucking the minds of others over while giving them all the love you can at the same time, and knowing this will help them.
! Dominant	adj.	A person with power or authority than others	Your father is one of the dominant man in his section because he is boss .
you catch more flies with honey	id.	the carrot is more effective than the stick

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