Definitions for the better
the bet·ter

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1. The Better

   1. The superiority; the advantage; with the particle of before him, or that, over which the advantage is gained.

   The Corinthians that morning, as the days before, had the better. Philip Sidney, b. ii.

   The voyage of Drake and Hawkins was unfortunate; yet, in such sort, as doth not break our prescription, to have had the better of the Spaniards. Francis Bacon, War with Spain.

   Dionysius, his countryman, in an epistle to Pompey, after an express comparison, affords him the better of Thucydides. Thomas Browne, Vulgar Errours, b. i. c. 8.

   You think fit
   To get the better of me, and you shall;
   Since you will have it so —— I will be yours. Thomas Southerne.

   The gentleman had always so much the better of the satyrist, that the persons touched did not know where to fix their resentment. Matthew Prior, Poems. Preface to his.

   2. Improvement; as, for the better, so as to improve it.

   If I have altered him any where for the better, I must at the same time acknowledge, that I could have done nothing without him. John Dryden, Fab. Preface.

How to pronounce the better?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of the better in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of the better in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of the better in a Sentence

1. Paula Chu:

   Taken together, these improvements could facilitate and complement a regimen toward better cardiovascular health.

2. Donald Trump:

   They were doing whatever Republican National Committee was during the Obama administration, and I heard that they were trying, or people were trying, to hack into the RNC too, the Republican National Committee, but we had much better defenses. I've been told that by a number of people, we had much better defenses so they couldn't. I think the DNC should be ashamed of themselves for allowing themselves to be hacked. They had bad defenses, and they were able to be hacked, but I heard they were trying to hack the Republicans too, but, and this may be wrong, but they had much stronger defenses.

3. Heraclitus:

   It would not be better if things happened to men just as they wish.

4. Frank McCourt:

   Teacher my arse. I'd be better off on the docks and the warehouses, lifting, hauling, cursing, eating hero sandwiches, drinking beer, chasing waterfront floozies. At least I'd be with my own kind, my own class of people, not getting above meself, acushla.

5. Harper Lee:

   Well, it's better to be silent than be a fool.

References

1. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
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