bettering
AdjectiveUS[bet-er-ing]/ˈbɛtɚɪŋ/3 syllables
Open English WordNet
Adjective (1)
- changing for the betterOpposite worseningSimilar remedial, ameliorating, amendatory, corrective
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
bettering adjective
changing for the better; — antonym of worsening. [Narrower terms: ameliorating(prenominal), ameliorative, amelioratory, meliorative]
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54 · with additions: WordNet 1.5