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      "phonetic": [
        "ˈbɛtər"
      ],
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      "etymologies": [
        "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”).\nCognate with Sanskrit भद्र (bhadrá, “blessed, fortunate, happy, good”) (from *bʰn̥d-ró-s). For Germanic cognates: see Proto-Germanic *batizô. Related to best and battle (“getting better, improving, fruitful, fertile”). Compare also Icelandic batna (“to improve”), bót (“improvement”), German besser. More at batten, boot.\nPersian بهتر‎ is a false cognate.",
        "Shortening of had better ('d better)",
        "From Middle English beteren, from Old English beterian, betrian, from Proto-Germanic *batizōną. Cognate with West Frisian betterje (“to better”), Dutch beteren (“to better”), German bessern (“to better”), Danish bedre (“to better”), Swedish bättra (“to better”).",
        "Alternate spelling of bettor or modern formation from the verb to bet."
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              "mean": "comparative degree of good"
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              "mean": "comparative degree of well"
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              "mean": "Greater in amount or quantity"
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              "mean": "comparative degree of well\nThe engine runs better now that I've given it some oil."
            },
            {
              "mean": "Greater or lesser (whichever is seen as more advantageous), in reference to value, distance, time, etc.\nThe top electric vehicles have a range of 300 kilometres or better. (better = greater)\nOnly one swimmer finished the race with a time better than two minutes. (better = lesser)"
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              "mean": "(Can we clean up(+) this sense?) (colloquial shortening) Had better.\nYou better do that if you know what's good for you."
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              "mean": "An entity, usually animate, deemed superior to another; one who has a claim to precedence; a superior.\nHe quickly found Ali his better in the ring."
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              "mean": "(modal, auxiliary verb, colloquial) Had better.\nIt's getting late. You better get on home."
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              "mean": "best"
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          "name": "Verb_2",
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            {
              "mean": "(transitive) To improve."
            },
            {
              "mean": "(intransitive) To become better; to improve.\nThis government will better this society"
            },
            {
              "mean": "(transitive) To surpass in excellence; to exceed; to excel."
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            {
              "mean": "(transitive) To give advantage to; to support; to advance the interest of."
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              "mean": "Alternative spelling of bettor"
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