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say it: BET-ur
better is a noun, adjective, verb and adverb meaning "something superior in quality or condition or effect". It carries 13 recorded senses.
a superior person having claim to precedence
“the common man has been kept in his place by his betters”
(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”
comparative
get better
“The weather improved toward evening”
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”
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for better come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.