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

Adjective

Na sey someting or somewhere good.

• This travel na really better one!  — (jw__7630, The was really good!)
• So e go dey better dat way.  — (IBA_11_Student-Wahala_DG__60, So, it will be better that way.)

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

   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__)

2. 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__)

3. 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.)

4. 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.)

5. 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__)

6. 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.)

7. 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__)

8. 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__)

9. 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__)

10. 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

• correct, good

Antonyms

• bad

Translations

• English: better, good