Collocation Dictionary
Common collocations with better in American Collocation
better
adjective
What are red words?
Around 90% of spoken and written English relies on just 7,500 common words.
These words are highlighted in red and are ranked using a star system.
- One-star words are commonly used
- Two-star words are even more common
- Three-star words are the most frequently used
What are red words?
Around 90% of spoken and written English relies on just 7,500 common words.These words are highlighted in red and are ranked using a star system.
- One-star words are commonly used
- Two-star words are even more common
- Three-star words are the most frequently used
US
/ˈbetər/
a lot
definitely
far
infinitely
much
obviously
Psychologists tell us active learning is far better than passive learning.
rather
considerably
rather
significantly
somewhat
The situation in Europe is considerably better than it was two years ago.
slightly
a little
marginally
slightly
The first half was quite bad because it was raining heavily, but the second was marginally better.
all the time
consistently
No one method was consistently better than any other on any test.
completely
a little
much
By mid-March Mr Pascoe was a little better.