Collocations for "bettering"


Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "bettering" in context.

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better

ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.
adj
  1. want a better [job, salary, house, car]
  2. have a better [grasp, understanding, notion] of
  3. was a (much) better [try, effort, attempt, performance]
  4. find a better [time, moment, day, week]
  5. is there a better [time]?
  6. [Monday] would be better for me
  7. could be a better [husband, wife, person, lover, partner]
  8. in better [condition, shape]
  9. that's [much, a lot] better
  10. feeling [quite, a lot, much] better (now)
  11. am not feeling any better
  12. I could be better!
  13. is better than nothing
  14. is nothing better than [chocolate ice cream, a day at the spa]
  15. are no better than [lowlives, thieves, scoundrels]
  16. is better than [ever, it was]
  17. it [is, would be] better to [use, have, be, do, check, avoid]
n
  1. expect better [of, from] him
  2. would like to see better [of] her
  3. the [attacker, opponent] got the better of him
  4. is the better of the [two] [books, movies, ideas]
  5. the better of two [choices, evils]
  6. the bigger the [engine], the better the [performance]
  7. the bigger, the better!
  8. all the better now I've [seen you, had a rest]
  9. all the better for [seeing you]
  10. all the better to see you with
  11. the better to [see you, write] with
  12. so much the better
  13. a change for the better
  14. [respect, look up to] your betters
  15. your elders and betters
adv
  1. could do better than [that, him]
  2. likes nothing better than to
  3. we'd better [go, hurry]
  4. you'd better [watch out, be careful, take care]
  5. [you'd, you had] better not [tell, do, make]
  6. you'd better not!
v
  1. better [yourself, your behavior, your score]
  2. better your [previous, first, last, high]
  3. bettering his [previous] [performance, score, time]
  4. bettered the [previous, national] record
  5. bettering the [world, lives of others, environment]
  6. bettered their [lives, condition]
  7. bettered their [results, efficiency]
  8. bettered their [season, record]
  9. conditions [have, have not, have barely] bettered
  10. was bettered by the [experience, competition]
additional examples
  1. better [yourself, your behavior, your score]
  2. expect better [of, from] him
  3. want a better [job, salary, house, car]
  4. better your [previous, first, last, high]
  5. would like to see better [of] her
  6. have a better [grasp, understanding, notion] of
  7. bettering his [previous] [performance, score, time]
  8. the [attacker, opponent] got the better of him
  9. was a (much) better [try, effort, attempt, performance]
  10. bettered the [previous, national] record
  11. is the better of the [two] [books, movies, ideas]
  12. find a better [time, moment, day, week]
  13. bettering the [world, lives of others, environment]
  14. the better of two [choices, evils]
  15. is there a better [time]?
  16. bettered their [lives, condition]
  17. the bigger the [engine], the better the [performance]
  18. [Monday] would be better for me
  19. bettered their [results, efficiency]
  20. the bigger, the better!
  21. could be a better [husband, wife, person, lover, partner]
  22. bettered their [season, record]
  23. all the better now I've [seen you, had a rest]
  24. in better [condition, shape]
  25. conditions [have, have not, have barely] bettered
  26. all the better for [seeing you]
  27. that's [much, a lot] better
  28. was bettered by the [experience, competition]
  29. all the better to see you with
  30. feeling [quite, a lot, much] better (now)
  31. the better to [see you, write] with
  32. am not feeling any better
  33. so much the better
  34. I could be better!
  35. a change for the better
  36. could do better than [that, him]
  37. [respect, look up to] your betters
  38. better than [before, yesterday, last week]
  39. your elders and betters
  40. is better than nothing
  41. is nothing better than [chocolate ice cream, a day at the spa]
  42. likes nothing better than to
  43. better than me (at)
  44. are no better than [lowlives, thieves, scoundrels]
  45. is better than [ever, it was]
  46. it [is, would be] better to [use, have, be, do, check, avoid]
  47. we'd better [go, hurry]
  48. you'd better [watch out, be careful, take care]
  49. [you'd, you had] better not [tell, do, make]
  50. you'd better not!
'bettering' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
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