Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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better | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
major | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
better (noun) | major (noun) |
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something superior in quality or condition or effect | the principal field of study of a student at a university |
the superior one of two alternatives | a commissioned military officer in the United States Army or Air Force or Marines; below lieutenant colonel and above captain |
someone who bets | a university student who is studying a particular field as the principal subject |
a superior person having claim to precedence |
better (adjective) | major (adjective) |
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(comparative of `good') superior to another (of the same class or set or kind) in excellence or quality or desirability or suitability; more highly skilled than another | greater in number or size or amount |
(comparative of `good') changed for the better in health or fitness | greater in scope or effect |
(comparative and superlative of `well') wiser or more advantageous and hence advisable | of full legal age |
more than half | (of a scale or mode) having half steps between the third and fourth degrees and the seventh and eighth degrees |
of the field of academic study in which one concentrates or specializes | |
of greater importance or stature or rank | |
of greater seriousness or danger | |
of the elder of two boys with the same family name |
better (verb) | major (verb) |
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get better | have as one's principal field of study |
to make better | |
surpass in excellence |
better (adverb) | major (adverb) |
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comparative of `well'; in a better or more excellent manner or more advantageously or attractively or to a greater degree etc. | |
from a position of superiority or authority |