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bettered meaning

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  • VerbBFbetterSGbettersPRbetteringSUF-red
    1. simple past tense and past participle of better.
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      1. Used in the Middle of Sentence
        • The Internet continues to go from strength to strength as it matures, finding new ways to better itself.
        • The platform grain shield and the windboard at rear of the binder deck will assist in making better bundles and prevent scattering of grain, if properly adjusted for long or short straw.
        • Build a better mousetrap, and the world will beat a path to your door. misattributed to Ralph Waldo Emerson
      2. Used in the Beginning of Sentence
        • Better organized writing helps to get the point across.
        • better go to the woman's room, wash your face and come right back here and we'll be glad to have you.
      3. Used in the Ending of Sentence
        • Still, it stung when a slightly older acquaintance asked me why I couldn't do any better.
        • The duchovbots had nothing to do with it. Season 8 stunk big time. Not even David could make it any better.
        • I used tact when I told my fat uncle that his extra weight made him look better.

    Meaning of bettered for the defined word.

    Grammatically, this word "bettered" is a verb, more specifically, a verb form.
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      1. Verbs
        • Verb forms
          • Participles
            • Past participles
            • Verb simple past forms
        Definiteness: Level 1
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        Look-Alike Words
        1. en betterer
        2. en fettered
        3. en gettered
        4. en lettered
        5. en settered