Better(a.)
- Improved in health; less affected with disease; as, the patient is better.
Better(a.)
- More advanced; more perfect; as, upon better acquaintance; a better knowledge of the subject.
Better(n.)
- Advantage, superiority, or victory; -- usually with of; as, to get the better of an enemy.
Better(n.)
- One who has a claim to precedence; a superior, as in merit, social standing, etc.; -- usually in the plural.
Better(compar.)
- In a superior or more excellent manner; with more skill and wisdom, courage, virtue, advantage, or success; as, Henry writes better than John; veterans fight better than recruits.