Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
comparative of the adjectives good or well:
Русский
By meaning 1
comparative of the adjectives good or well:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
comparative of the adjectives good or well:

Examples

11547 sentences
  1. Your bike is better than mine.

    Твій велосипед кращий за мій. — deniko

    ruТвой велик лучше моего. — Mukaltin

    deDein Fahrrad ist besser als meins. — MUIRIEL

  2. Your plan seems better than mine.

    Твій план здається кращим за мій. — deniko

    ruТвой план выглядит лучше моего. — vilnat

    deIhr Plan scheint besser als meiner zu sein. — MUIRIEL

  3. Your pen is better than mine.

    Твоя ручка краща, ніж моя. — deniko

    ruТвоя ручка лучше моей. — afyodor

    deDein Stift ist besser als meiner. — Fingerhut

Meaning

4 senses
  1. (comparative)Comparative degree of good and well

    How are you? ~ A little better, thanks.

    besser

    лу́чшеlúčše, лу́чшийlúčšij

    кра́щийkráščyj, лі́пшийlípšyj

    (comparative of ‘good’) changed for the better in health or fitness

  2. Greater or lesser (whichever is seen as more advantageous), in reference to value, distance, time, etc.

    The top electric vehicles have a range of 300 kilometres or better.

    Only one swimmer finished the race with a time better than two minutes.

  3. Healed or recovered from an injury or illness.

    We can't go to the zoo today because you're sick; let's go when you're all better.

  4. Greater in amount or quantity

Origin

From Middle English better, bettre, betre, from Old English betera (“better”), from Proto-

From Middle English better, bettre, betre, from Old English betera (“better”), from Proto-West Germanic *batiʀō, from Proto-Germanic *batizô (“better”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰed-rós, from *bʰed- (“good”).

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Forms

, best
Comparative Lesson
Superlativebest Lesson

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • (comparative and superlative of ‘well’) wiser or more advantageous and hence advisable:best

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

18 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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