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BETTERING

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Changing for the better

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

ameliorating; ameliorative; amelioratory; meliorative (tending to ameliorate)

amendatory (effecting amendment)

corrective (tending or intended to correct or counteract or restore to a normal condition)

remedial (tending or intended to rectify or improve)

Antonym:

worsening (changing for the worse)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

-ing form of the verb better

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