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Collocations for quality - noun

1. how good/bad sth is

ADJECTIVE

excellent, exceptional, good, high, outstanding, superior, top
All our cakes are made with top-quality ingredients.
inferior, low, poor
variable, varying
product, service
audio, recording, sound
image, picture, video
air, water
food
artistic, technical

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VERB + quality

maintain
enhance, improve, raise
affect, compromise, impact (AmE), impact on, impair (esp. BrE), reduce, sacrifice
How can we increase production without sacrificing quality?
assess, determine, evaluate, judge, measure, monitor, rate, test
deliver
We aim to deliver quality to our customers.

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quality + VERB

vary
improve
go down, suffer
When costs are cut, product quality suffers.

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quality + NOUN

control
assurance
standards

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PREPOSITION

of … quality
The photos are of variable quality.

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PHRASES

quality of life
Advances in technology would, it was hoped, improve the quality of life.

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2. characteristic

ADJECTIVE

admirable, desirable, endearing, fine, good, great, positive
negative
redeeming
I found him thoroughly unpleasant, with no redeeming qualities whatsoever.
individual, personal
inherent, innate, intrinsic
distinctive, particular, special, unique, wonderful
elusive, rare, star
a singer with that elusive quality that sells records
They have real star quality.
essential, important
aesthetic, artistic, literary
dreamlike, magical, timeless
moral, spiritual
physical
feminine, masculine
leadership

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VERB + quality

have, possess
display, show
lack
give
The music gives the movie a dreamlike quality.

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Collocations for quality - adj.

Quality is used with these nouns:
beer, content, craftsmanship, education, food, furniture, hotel, ingredient, magazine, merchandise, newspaper, paper, press, produce, product, reproduction, service, shopping, stationery, time, wine, workmanship

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