1. used as a comparative. Better is the comparative form of both good and well. Don't say that something is ' more good ' or is done ' more well '. You say that it is better or is done better.The results were better than expected.f you say that someone had better do something, you mean that they ought to do it. Had better is always followed by an infinitive without to. People usually shorten had to 'd. They say ' I'd better ', ' We'd better ', and ' You'd better '.
Learner's definition of HUMANISM. [noncount]. : a system of values and beliefs that is based on the idea that people are basically good and that problems can be solved using reason instead of religion â see also secular humanism. /ËhjuËmÉnÉªst/ noun, plural humanists [count].noncount]. : a system of values and beliefs that is based on the idea that people are basically good and that problems can be solved using reason instead of religion â see also secular humanism.
Humanism, a word which will often recur in the ensuing paragraphs, denotes a specific bias which the forces liberated in the Renaissance took from contact with the ancient world, - the particular form assumed by human self-esteem at that epoch, - the ideal of life and civilization evolved by the modern nations.