betterness
betterness noun: the state or quality of being better; superiority.
Noun
betterness (countable and uncountable, plural betternesses)
- The state or quality of being better; superiority.
- And how in the first place do you want to live in a better country when you yourself aren’t trying to be that betterness, when you’re willingly surrendering your right to shape that country?2022, NoViolet Bulawayo, Glory, Chatto & Windus, page 198
- The result or product of being better.
- The amount by which a precious metal exceeds the standard of fineness.
betterness meaning in Tamil, Malayalam and Sanskrit
betterness in Tamil
- நன்னிலை, மேனிலை
betterness in Malayalam
- betterness
- മേന്മ mēnma
betterness in Sanskrit
- betterness, superiority
- ज्यायस्त्व jyāyastva
Antonyms of betterness
Forms of betterness
| plural | betternesses |
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Origin of betterness
From Middle English betternes. Equivalent to better + -ness.
Questions about betterness
- What does betterness mean?
- Betterness means the state or quality of being better; superiority.
- What is betterness in Tamil?
- Betterness in Tamil is நன்னிலை, மேனிலை. See Betterness meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is betterness?
- Betterness is a noun.
- What is the plural of betterness?
- The plural of betterness is betternesses.
Words near betterness in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: betterness (page history and authors); betterness (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); മേന്മ (Malayalam) (page history and authors); ज्यायस्त्व (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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