Conjugation and declension of "better" in English

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Conjugation of the verb better[ˈbetə], regular

All forms Indicative Conditional Participles Infinitives

Indicative

Present Indefinite

I better
you better
he/she/it betters
we better
you better
they better

Present Continuous

I am bettering
you are bettering
he/she/it is bettering
we are bettering
you are bettering
they are bettering

Present Perfect

I have bettered
you have bettered
he/she/it has bettered
we have bettered
you have bettered
they have bettered

Present Perfect Continuous

I have been bettering
you have been bettering
he/she/it has been bettering
we have been bettering
you have been bettering
they have been bettering

Past Indefinite

I bettered
you bettered
he/she/it bettered
we bettered
you bettered
they bettered

Past Continuous

I was bettering
you were bettering
he/she/it was bettering
we were bettering
you were bettering
they were bettering

Past Perfect

I had bettered
you had bettered
he/she/it had bettered
we had bettered
you had bettered
they had bettered

Past Perfect Continuous

I had been bettering
you had been bettering
he/she/it had been bettering
we had been bettering
you had been bettering
they had been bettering

Future Indefinite

I will better
you will better
he/she/it will better
we will better
you will better
they will better

Future Continuous

I will be bettering
you will be bettering
he/she/it will be bettering
we will be bettering
you will be bettering
they will be bettering

Future Perfect

I will have bettered
you will have bettered
he/she/it will have bettered
we will have bettered
you will have bettered
they will have bettered

Future Perfect Continuous

I will have been bettering
you will have been bettering
he/she/it will have been bettering
we will have been bettering
you will have been bettering
they will have been bettering

Conditional

Conditional Present

I would better
you would better
he/she/it would better
we would better
you would better
they would better

Conditional Present Continuous

I would be bettering
you would be bettering
he/she/it would be bettering
we would be bettering
you would be bettering
they would be bettering

Conditional Perfect

I would have bettered
you would have bettered
he/she/it would have bettered
we would have bettered
you would have bettered
they would have bettered

Conditional Perfect Continuous

I would have been bettering
you would have been bettering
he/she/it would have been bettering
we would have been bettering
you would have been bettering
they would have been bettering

Participles

Present

bettering

Past

bettered

Infinitives

Infinitives

to better
to have bettered
to be bettering
to have been bettering

Degrees of comparison of the adjective good[ɡud]better / best

Positive	good
Comparative	better
Superlative	best

well[wel]

Positive	well
Comparative	better
Superlative	best

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