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Editorial note

If they thrive more than the Christians, does G-d like them better than the Christians?

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Quick take

something superior in quality or condition or effect; "a change for the better"

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of better gathered in one view.

noun

something superior in quality or condition or effect; "a change for the better"

noun

someone who bets

noun

a superior person having claim to precedence; "the common man has been kept in his place by his betters"

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for better.

noun

something superior in quality or condition or effect; "a change for the better"

noun

someone who bets

noun

a superior person having claim to precedence; "the common man has been kept in his place by his betters"

noun

the superior one of two alternatives; "chose the better of the two"

verb

surpass in excellence; "She bettered her own record"; "break a record"

verb

to make better; "The editor improved the manuscript with his changes"

See also: improve, amend, ameliorate, meliorate

verb

get better; "The weather improved toward evening"

See also: improve, ameliorate, meliorate

adjective

(comparative of `good') superior to another (of the same class or set or kind) in excellence or quality or desirability or suitability; more highly skilled than another; "You're a better man than I am, Gunga Din"; "a better coat"; "a better type of car"; "a suit with a better fit"; "a better chance of success"; "produced a better mousetrap"; "she's better in math than in history"

adjective

(comparative of `good') changed for the better in health or fitness; "her health is better now"; "I feel better"

adjective

(comparative and superlative of `well') wiser or more advantageous and hence advisable; "it would be better to speak to him"; "the White House thought it best not to respond"

adjective

more than half; "argued for the better part of an hour"

adverb

comparative of `well'; in a better or more excellent manner or more advantageously or attractively or to a greater degree etc.; "She had never sung better"; "a deed better left undone"; "better suited to the job"

adverb

from a position of superiority or authority; "father knows best"; "I know better."

Example sentences

If they thrive more than the Christians, does G-d like them better than the Christians?

The company can fail, but if you come out of it better than you came in, you still succeeded.

I mean a done product, ready to go, and better than anything else in its market.

" ask yourself "does this management make me better as a professional?

The money isn't always better in these other fields, but sometimes the job satisfaction is.

It definitely made the web better for me, and I suspect, any other developer out there.

I'm not saying I definitely could have done better, but I do think my probability of failure would have been <= to theirs.

It's about creating a permanent artifact to make the Internet better.

It got to the point where we, as well as others who experienced better treatment, discussed it and concluded you were just racist.

The pay is usually better and it's a natural career progression most organizations are built around.

Microsoft was weird in a sort of cult like way, and had its own management problems, but was much more enjoyable... and really treated their employees a whole lot better.

Not to psycho-analyze too much, but the lack of vote scores removes the pressure to have the best comment or a better score than someone that has a different perspective.

If we really cared about benchmark performance over anything else we would have dealt with the locking issues earlier so multi-threaded benchmarks would be better.

Paragraph 14 on page 34 is pretty typical: It says, in effect, "you'd better take your best shot at contesting this rejection now, Apple, because the next time around it will be a final rejection."7.

The foreign language-learner needs to understand grammar not just to produce speech or writing that is less jarring and foreign to native speakers, but also to better understand what native speakers are speaking or writing.

During that entire time, her article stood with a very prominent notice saying it was going to be deleted, with a prominent link allowing people to argue in favor of keeping or, better yet, locate a real reliable source backing up any claim to her notability.