Vocabulary

Form

to excel; to surpass; to exceed; to have an edge; to be superior; to outrival

verb vi
N1 freq #3

Example sentences

He is not less clever than his father.

He is superior to his competitors in everything.

He is ahead of us in English.

He is superior to the rest in so far as he can speak English.

Two heads are better than one.

Sleep is better than medicine.

There's nothing better than reading in the long autumn nights.

Example is better than precept.