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| better late than never |
| 1. adv. It's better to do something late, than to never do it at all. |
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| Analysis |
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| better |
| 1. adj. comparative form of good: more good |
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| 2. adj. comparative form of well: more well |
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| 3. adj. Greater in amount or quantity |
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| 4. adv. comparative form of well: more well |
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| 5. adv. More, in reference to value, distance, time, etc. |
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| late |
| 1. adj. Near the end of a period of time. |
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| It was late in the evening when we finally arrived. |
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| 2. adj. Specifically, near the end of the day. |
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| It was getting late and I was tired. |
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| 3. adj. (usually not used comparatively) Associated with the end of a period. |
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| than |
| 1. conj. (obsolete, outside, dialects, usually used with for) Because; for. |
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| 2. conj. Used in comparisons, to introduce the basis of comparison. |
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| she's taller than I am; she found his advice more witty than helpful; we have less work today than we had yesterday; it's bigger than I thought it was |
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| 3. prep. introduces a comparison, and is associated with comparatives, and with words such as more, less, and fewer. Typically, it seeks to measure the force of an adjective or similar description between two |
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| Patients diagnosed more recently are probably surviving an average of longer than two years. |
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| never |
| 1. adv. At no time; on no occasion; in no circumstance. |
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| I finally finished, and I never want to do that again. |
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| I repeated the test a hundred times, and never saw a positive result. |
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| I will never tell. |
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| 2. adv. Not at any other time; not on any other occasion; not previously. |
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