better

Naija

Alternative forms

• beta

Etymology

etymology:English ' better'

Pronunciation

• bÈtá

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Frequency

• Frequency in NSC treebank: 84
• Frequency rank in NSC treebank: 163
• Frequency in raw corpus: 2664
• Frequency rank in raw corpus: 154

The word is used more in written texts than orally.

Adjective

better: better, good -- Definition in Naija?

1. Egbokhare (frequency:Inf)

   I dey better now. Abeg, no spoil dat beta pikin o.  — (I am better now. Please, don't spoil the good child.)

2. - (frequency:2085)

   Better!  — (ENU_25_Boss-And-Apprentice_DG__306, Better.)

   Better one.  — (JOS_26_Small-Talk_DG__65, A better one.)

3. nsubj (frequency:13)

   E better.  — (JOS_31_Psqaure-And-Efe_DG__32, It is better.)

   Im better.  — (ENU_18_Onugbu-Soup_DG__75, It's better.)

4. advmod (frequency:13)

   This travel na really better one!  — (jw__7630, __no translation__)

   How better Christian life dey be.  — (jw__14573, __no translation__)

5. obl:mod (frequency:12)

   Jehovah go bless us and make our tomorrow better.​— Deut.  — (jw__10263, __no translation__)

   Nigeria deserve better now dan wetin Buhari get to offer.  — (bbc__5295, __no translation__)

6. obj (frequency:11)

   So e go dey better dat way.  — (IBA_11_Student-Wahala_DG__60, So, it will be better that way.)

   house wey dey better jejejejejejejejeje.  — (deuber__785, __no translation__)

7. obl:arg (frequency:11)

   And I know wetin better for you.  — (deuber__2679, __no translation__)

   Better break, break am to our level.  — (ABJ_INF_05_On-Pidgin_M__16, You had better come... come down to our level.)

8. advcl (frequency:7)

   Our life dey better as we dey learn Bible.  — (jw__28651, __no translation__)

   But e get other things wey Bible still talk wey go make our life better if we do dem.  — (jw__22145, __no translation__)

9. cc (frequency:6)

   Sleep more and better  — (bbc__90281, __no translation__)

   And nothing better pass the love wey no dey fail wey Jehovah dey show us.​— Isa.  — (jw__16337, __no translation__)

10. conj (frequency:6)

    Better dey come,  — (jw__4210, __no translation__)

    Better dey chop better food.  — (IBA_09_Leon-And-Amos_DG__241, You better eat nutritious food.)

11. det (frequency:4)

    Di one wey you don dey talk now, na im be di better.  — (NST_cleaned__42329, __no translation__)

    When I don get one better somewhere, I go come back, con con carasa. (JOS_29_He-Loves-French_DG__157, when I have gotten one good  — (thing) somewhere, I will come back, then come and complete it.)

12. case (frequency:4)

    Na everyday we dey hear about better.  — (LAG_09_Country-Wahala_DG__18, It's everyday we hear about better.)

    E go help you put mind for better tomorrow.— Romans 15:4 .  — (jw__8677, __no translation__)

13. aux (frequency:3)

    Because if de create deir own party, be llike sey sey na im go better.  — (JOS_11_Nigeria-Political-Issues_DG__92, Because, if they create their own party, it seems it will be better.)

    And de say de wan make di country fine meh better, but, di government no dey do anyting.  — (ABJ_INF_12_Evictions_MG__31, And they say they want the country to be fine, to be better, but the government is not doing anything.)

14. iobj (frequency:3)

    E still show sey the way Jehovah dey rule na im better pass.  — (jw__4373, __no translation__)

    To do wetin go make person fine no be bad thing, but na the kind person wey you be, your character na im better pass.  — (jw__37605, __no translation__)

15. dep (frequency:2)

    Our own better.  — (LAG_06_Easter-Preparation_DG__45, Yours is better.)

    Buhari: I go leave Nigeria better dan wen I meet am  — (bbc__21031, __no translation__)

16. mark (frequency:2)

    Today na fresh new era and comrade Mnangagwa go help us get Zimbabwe wey better.  — (bbc__6421, __no translation__)

    Jesus sey: ‘E better make you lose one part of your body, than for dem to trowey you inside Gehenna’ .  — (jw__32709, __no translation__)

17. ccomp (frequency:2)

    So I tink it's better to have female first before I go come get boys.  — (KAN_02_Girls-Life-In-Kano_DG__47, So, I think it's better to have females first before I'll have boys.)

    Wetin e talk make me remember wetin my mama dey tell us when we small, e sey: ‘E better to chop vegetable for where love dey.’” So make you no dey worry yourself.  — (jw__8409, __no translation__)

Synonyms

• beta 0.73 773, correct 0.61 1344, good 0.60 3676, sense 0.56 1009, strong 0.55 1503, normal 0.53 424, hard 0.53 1094, simple 0.52 170, value 0.51 427

Antonyms

• beta 0.73 773, correct 0.61 1344, good 0.60 3676, sense 0.56 1009, strong 0.55 1503, normal 0.53 424, hard 0.53 1094, simple 0.52 170, value 0.51 427

Translations

• English: better, good