better Significado & Definição

Significado de better em português

• 0 comparative of good: of a higher quality or more enjoyable than someone or something else -- comparativo de “good”: melhor

  • He got a better job in the States.

  • Her English is getting better (= improving).

• 1 less sick than before, or no longer sick -- melhor

  • I feel much better.

  • I hope you get better soon.

• 2 richer -- ser/estar melhor de vida

  • We’re better off now that we’re both working.

• 3 in a better situation -- estar em melhor situação

  • Steve’s an idiot – you’d be better off without him.

• 4 comparative of well: more, or in a more successful way -- melhor

  • I’d like to get to know him better.

  • Helen did much better than me in the exam.

• 5 used to say what someone should do -- seria melhor fazer algo

  • You’d better hurry or you’ll miss the train.

• 6 to do something better than it has been done before -- melhorar

  • He bettered his previous best time for a marathon.