bettered
USBET-urd/ˈbɛɾ.ɚd/SayBET-uhdUK/ˈbɛtʰ.əd/AUS/ˈbeɾ.əd/
- 1Simple past and past participle of better.
He bettered his previous record by nearly two seconds.
She has bettered herself through years of patient study.
Note
One regular -ed form does both jobs: simple past (she bettered the mark) and past participle after have or had (she had bettered it). It belongs only to the full verb, whose meanings run from improving and surpassing to advancing someone's interest. The modal had better never takes it. You had better leave is advice, while you had bettered your time is the perfect tense of surpassing.
bettered is a form of better
better, verb: Ought to; used as a shortened, informal form of "had better" to give firm advice or a warning. Full entry
- Spelling
- better → bettered: add -ed
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