BETTER


Meaning of BETTER in English

I.

verb

Better is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ record

II.

adj.

1 comparative of ‘good’

VERBS

▪ be , feel , look , seem

▪ get

Cars are getting ~ all the time.

▪ make sth

We must make our inner cities ~ to live and work in.

▪ consider sth , deem sth , judge sth , think sth

I thought it ~ to tackle him outside of business hours.

ADVERB

▪ considerably , even , far , infinitely , a lot , markedly , much , significantly , still , substantially , vastly

His latest book is very much ~ than the one before.

▪ a good deal , a great deal

▪ somewhat

▪ ten times , a thousand times , etc.

▪ a little , slightly , etc.

▪ marginally

▪ arguably

▪ inherently

PHRASES

▪ no ~

The new situation is no ~ than the old.

▪ nothing ~ than

There's nothing ~ than a nice juicy peach!

2 recovered from an illness

VERBS

▪ be , feel , look , seem

▪ get

I hope you get ~ soon.

▪ get sb , make sb

The doctor will soon make you ~.

▪ kiss sth

Did you hurt yourself? Come here and let me kiss it ~.

ADVERB

▪ a lot , much

▪ a good deal , a great deal

▪ a little , slightly , etc.

Better is used with these nouns: ↑ appreciation , ↑ arrangement , ↑ circumstance , ↑ cooperation , ↑ coordination , ↑ course , ↑ enforcement , ↑ fate , ↑ future , ↑ luck , ↑ self , ↑ understanding

III.

adv.

Better is used with these adjectives: ↑ able

Better is used with these verbs: ↑ employ , ↑ like , ↑ serve , ↑ understand

Oxford Collocations English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь словосочетаний .