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noun how good/bad sth is ADJ. excellent, good, high, outstanding, superior, top All our cakes are made with top quality ingredients. | inferior, low, poor | variable | product, service | recording, sound | air, water | artistic, technical VERB + QUALITY maintain | enhance, improve, raise | affect, impair, reduce | assess, determine, evaluate, monitor, test QUALITY + VERB improve | suffer When costs are cut product quality suffers. QUALITY + NOUN control | assurance | standards PREP. of … ~ The photos are of variable quality. PHRASES quality of life Advances in technology would, it was hoped, improve the quality of life. characteristic ADJ. admirable, desirable, fine, good, great, positive, valuable | negative | redeeming I found him thoroughly unpleasant, with no redeeming qualities whatsoever. | individual, personal | inborn, inherent, innate, intrinsic | distinctive, particular, special, unique | elusive, rare a singer with that elusive quality that sells records | essential, important | aesthetic, artistic, literary | moral | mental, psychological | feminine, masculine | leadership, managerial | aphrodisiac, medicinal VERB + QUALITY have | display, show
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