Bettering
[betərɪŋ]
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Better
Checker: Rudolph
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Improvement, amendment, melioration, amelioration.
Typist: Martha
Examples
- I have attempted to make my poor friend's loss of memory the means of bettering my acquaintance with you. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- I hope we shall have a future opportunity of bettering our acquaintance, Mr. Hartright. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- May he never leave us but to better himself, and may his success among us be such as to render his bettering himself impossible! Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- And even now that Commodious is strangled, I don't see a way to our bettering ourselves. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
Typist: Martha