Past tense of better
regular verb
The past tense of better is bettered. The past participle is also bettered.
Forms of better
| Base form (V1) | better /ˈbɛt.ə/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | bettered |
| Past participle (V3) | bettered |
| Present participle | bettering |
| Third person singular | betters |
Meaning of better
- adjective Greater in amount or quantity.
- adjective Greater or lesser (whichever is seen as more advantageous), in reference to value, distance, time, etc.
- adjective Healed or recovered from an injury or illness.
Questions about the past tense of better
- What is the past tense of better?
- The past tense of better is bettered.
- What is the past participle of better?
- The past participle of better is bettered.
- Is better a regular or irregular verb?
- Better is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: better (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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