I.
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
VERB + QUALITY
▪ maintain
▪ enhance , improve , raise
▪ affect , compromise , impact ( AmE ), impact on , impair ( esp. BrE ), reduce , sacrifice
▪
How can we increase production without sacrificing ~?
▪ assess , determine , evaluate , judge , measure , monitor , rate , test
▪ deliver
▪
We aim to deliver ~ to our customers.
QUALITY + VERB
▪ vary
▪ improve
▪ go down , suffer
▪
When costs are cut, product ~ suffers.
QUALITY + NOUN
▪ control
▪ assurance
▪ standards
PREPOSITION
▪ of … ~
▪
The photos are of variable ~.
PHRASES
▪ ~ of life
▪
Advances in technology would, it was hoped, improve the ~ of life.
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 ~ that sells records
▪
They have real star ~.
▪ essential , important
▪ aesthetic , artistic , literary
▪ dreamlike , magical , timeless
▪ moral , spiritual
▪ physical
▪ feminine , masculine
▪ leadership
VERB + QUALITY
▪ have , possess
▪ display , show
▪ lack
▪ give
▪
The music gives the movie a dreamlike ~.
II.
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