"better" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

better adjetivo

better + sustantivo
Kolokacji: 616
better chance • better job • better place • better understanding • better idea • better shape • better quality • better position • ...
collocations grouped by meanings
Grup znaczeniowych: 115
(1) chance, luck, fate, fortune
Kolokacji: 4
(10) choice, option, alternative
Kolokacji: 3
(13) future, time
Kolokacji: 2
(17) bet, risk
Kolokacji: 2
(20) part, role, stead
Kolokacji: 3
(27) care, attention, healthcare
Kolokacji: 3
(37) team, battery
Kolokacji: 2
(39) record, book, script
Kolokacji: 3
(51) example, excuse, illustration
Kolokacji: 3
(57) environment, setting, showcase
Kolokacji: 3
(63) weather, visibility
Kolokacji: 2
1. better standard = lepszy standard better standard
2. better measure = lepszy środek better measure
3. better gauge = lepszy wskaźnik better gauge
  • The measure is considered a better gauge of a retailer's performance because it factors out sales in new stores.
  • The math test, once approved, is intended to be a better gauge of what students know than the current Regents exam.
  • The four-week average, which is considered a better gauge, subject to less volatility, fell to 351,750 from a revised 355,000.
  • The index for intermediate goods is a better gauge of inflationary trends several months away.
  • "This is a better gauge of the things we want our kids to do."
  • In fact, researchers report, the relationship seemed to be an even better gauge than body mass index, a measure of height and weight.
  • Analysts said the local-currency figures were a better gauge of the health of the business.
  • Some conservatives say this measure, called absolute mobility, is a better gauge of opportunity.
  • A better gauge would be the city's share of the dollar value of total foreign investment in the country.
  • There is no better gauge of its scale and cruelty than the orphan crisis.
(68) company, companion, attendance
Kolokacji: 3
(80) graphic, visualization
Kolokacji: 2
(82) student, doctor, thinker
Kolokacji: 3
(84) moment, mean, statistics
Kolokacji: 3
(87) memory, recognition, retention
Kolokacji: 3
(90) insight, penetration
Kolokacji: 2
(94) parent, father, mother
Kolokacji: 3
(97) musician, artist, painter
Kolokacji: 3
(98) infrastructure, texture
Kolokacji: 2
(99) analogy, comparison, contrast
Kolokacji: 3
(102) driver, golfer, bowler, putter
Kolokacji: 4
(103) Cook, money
Kolokacji: 2
(104) profit, sales, margin
Kolokacji: 3
(105) stability, durability
Kolokacji: 2
(107) drug, remedy, blocker, vaccine
Kolokacji: 4
(108) shooter, marksman, gun
Kolokacji: 3
(109) diagnosis, therapy, analysis
Kolokacji: 3
(110) transportation, fare
Kolokacji: 2
(111) speaker, orator
Kolokacji: 2
(112) tactic, tactician
Kolokacji: 2
(113) sanitation, hygiene
Kolokacji: 2
(114) credential, guarantee
Kolokacji: 2
(115) stat
Kolokacji: 1
verbo + better
Kolokacji: 13
feel better • look better • know better • work better • sound better • ...
adverbio + better
Kolokacji: 18
far better • slightly better • significantly better • somewhat better • considerably better • ...
better + preposición
Kolokacji: 13
better for • better at • better without • better in • better with • ...

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