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better collapse: the superior one of two alternatives; "chose the better of the two"; a superior person having claim to precedence; "the common man has been kept in his place by his betters"; (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; "You're a better man than I am, Gunga Din"; "a better coat"; "a better type of car"; "a suit with a better fit"; "a better chance of success"; "produced a better mousetrap"; "she's better in math than in history"; (comparative of `good') changed for the better in health or fitness; "her health is better now"; "I feel better"; more than half; "argued for the better part of an hour"; comparative of `well'; in a better or more excellent manner or more advantageously or attractively or to a greater degree etc.; "She had never sung better"; "a deed better left undone"; "better suited to the job"; from a position of superiority or authority; "father knows best"; "I know better."; get better; "The weather improved toward evening"; to make better; "The editor improved the manuscript with his changes"; surpass in excellence; "She bettered her own record"; "break a record"

excellent collapse: of the highest quality; "made an excellent speech"; "the school has excellent teachers"; "a first-class mind"

major collapse: the principal field of study of a student at a university; "her major is linguistics"; a commissioned military officer in the United States Army or Air Force or Marines; below lieutenant colonel and above captain; a university student who is studying a particular field as the principal subject; "she is a linguistics major"; British statesman who was prime minister from 1990 until 1997 (born in 1943); greater in number or size or amount; "a major portion (a majority) of the population"; "Ursa Major"; "a major portion of the winnings"; greater in scope or effect; "a major contribution"; "a major improvement"; "a major break with tradition"; "a major misunderstanding"; of full legal age; of a scale or mode; "major scales"; "the key of D major"; of the field of academic study in which one concentrates or specializes; "his major field was mathematics"; of greater importance or stature or rank; "a major artist"; "a major role"; "major highways"; of greater seriousness or danger; "a major earthquake"; "a major hurricane"; "a major illness"; have as one's principal field of study; "She is majoring in linguistics"

superior collapse: a town in northwest Wisconsin on Lake Superior across from Duluth; the head of a religious community; one of greater rank or station or quality; (sometimes followed by `to') not subject to or influenced by; "overcome by a superior opponent"; "trust magnates who felt themselves superior to law"; of or characteristic of high rank or importance; "a superior officer"; of high or superior quality or performance; "superior wisdom derived from experience"; "superior math students"; having an orbit farther from the sun than the Earth's orbit; "Mars and Jupiter are the closest in of the superior planets"

rare collapse: not widely distributed; "rare herbs"; "rare patches of green in the desert"; not widely known; especially valued for its uncommonness; "a rare word"; "rare books"; (of meat) cooked a short time; still red inside; "rare roast beef"; recurring only at long intervals; "a rare appearance"; "total eclipses are rare events"; marked by an uncommon quality; especially superlative or extreme of its kind; "what is so rare as a day in June"-J.R.Lowell; "a rare skill"; "an uncommon sense of humor"; "she was kind to an uncommon degree"; having low density; "rare gasses"; "lightheaded from the rarefied mountain air"

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