better idea
collocation in Englishmeaningsofbetterandidea
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better
adjective
uk/ˈbet.ər/us/ˈbet̬.ɚ/
comparative of good: of a higher standard, or more suitable, pleasing, or effective than other things ...
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idea
noun
uk/aɪˈdɪə/us/aɪˈdiː.ə/
a suggestion or plan for ...
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(Definition ofbetterandideafrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofbetter idea
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We might infer that one is better at painting or had abetteridea, if both were trying their best.
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In order to obtain abetterideaof the degree of underestimation, however, an item-per-item cross-reporter comparison is needed.
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No doubt this gives a judge a muchbetterideaof what a prison sentence really entails.
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This gives abetterideaof the importance of each zone than the presentation of zonal averages as such.
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To get abetterideaof the distribution of s-genitives with nonhuman nouns, figure 2 below separately highlights the classes of collective and inanimate nouns.
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In order to give abetterideaabout the content of the textbooks commonly used, it is helpful to examine some of them.
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Abetterideais to look at the best alternative and the worst alternative, and take some percentage of the difference.
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Looking more closely at coffee and henequen will give abetterideaof the dynamics at work.
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Still, we can get abetterideaby looking at some related problems in other branches of philosophy.
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This suggests that we should not proceed with enhancement of nondisease characteristics without abetterideaof where this is likely to take us.
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Of course, it is possible that, now manufacturers have abetterideaof what the willingness-to-pay threshold is, they will set prices so as to extract the maximum economic rent.
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They are likely to have abetterideaof how the possibility of claiming social security benefits outside of the competent member state can burden the system.
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If the words "handsome" and "funny" were more precise, you would probably have abetterideaof what the guy was like before the disastrous night.
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By providing better information we should be able to give young people abetterideaof the consequences of taking drugs.
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It has abetterideaabout this than anyone else.
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I am sure that this is abetteridea.
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This may be abetteridea, since it would make it possible for local authorities to have smaller pounds.
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A spouse's warrant would be a muchbetterideaand would solve the problem in many cases.
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The only way in which we can solve the long-term problem is to counter that idea by abetteridea.
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We now have abetterideaabout convergence than we did this afternoon.
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