low

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noun

ADJECTIVE

▪ all-time, new, record

▪

The pound has hit a new low against the dollar.

VERB + LOW

▪ fall to, hit, reach, sink to

PREPOSITION

▪ at a low

▪

Morale is at an all-time low.

PHRASES

▪ highs and lows

▪

He had experienced all the highs and lows of an actor's life.

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verb

Low is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑cow

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adj.

1 not far above the ground

VERBS

▪ be, look, seem

▪

The windows look very low to me.

ADVERB

▪ extremely, fairly, very, etc.

▪

The river was extremely low for winter.

▪ a little, slightly, etc.

2 small in degree/amount

VERBS

▪ be, look, seem

▪ become, get, run

▪

Our stocks of food were getting low.

▪

Supplies ran low.

▪ remain, stay

▪ keep sth

▪

The government wants to keep taxes low.

ADVERB

▪ extremely, fairly, very, etc.

▪

The failure rate is extremely low.

▪ comparatively, moderately, reasonably, relatively

▪ a little, slightly, etc.

▪ dangerously

▪

His blood pressure was dangerously low.

▪ abnormally, unusually

▪ artificially

▪ naturally

▪ ridiculously

▪ historically

▪

historically low marriage statistics

PREPOSITION

▪ in

▪

This dish is very low in fat.

Low is used with these nouns: ↑ability, ↑abundance, ↑altitude, ↑amount, ↑attendance, ↑ball, ↑baritone, ↑beam, ↑bid, ↑blood pressure, ↑bow, ↑bracket, ↑branch, ↑budget, ↑building, ↑buzz, ↑caste, ↑casualty, ↑category, ↑ceiling, ↑chair, ↑cholesterol, ↑chuckle, ↑church, ↑cliff, ↑cloud, ↑comedy, ↑concentration, ↑confidence, ↑consumption, ↑content, ↑correlation, ↑cost, ↑count, ↑cross, ↑cry, ↑cunning, ↑cupboard, ↑current, ↑degree, ↑demand, ↑density, ↑diversity, ↑division, ↑dosage, ↑dose, ↑drone, ↑duty, ↑earnings, ↑efficiency, ↑employment, ↑end, ↑enrolment, ↑esteem, ↑estimate, ↑expectation, ↑expenditure, ↑expense, ↑fare, ↑fee, ↑fence, ↑figure, ↑fitness, ↑frequency, ↑gear, ↑grade, ↑gravity, ↑groan, ↑ground, ↑growl, ↑growth, ↑grunt, ↑gurgle, ↑heat, ↑hedge, ↑heel, ↑height, ↑hill, ↑hiss, ↑hum, ↑humidity, ↑incidence, ↑income, ↑index, ↑inflation, ↑intake, ↑intellect, ↑intelligence, ↑intensity, ↑investment, ↑key, ↑latitude, ↑laugh, ↑level, ↑lighting, ↑maintenance, ↑margin, ↑mark, ↑mileage, ↑moan, ↑moral, ↑morale, ↑mortality, ↑motivation, ↑mound, ↑mountain, ↑murmur, ↑neck, ↑noise, ↑note, ↑number, ↑occurrence, ↑odds, ↑offer, ↑opinion, ↑orbit, ↑output, ↑oven, ↑pass, ↑pay, ↑percentage, ↑performance, ↑pitch, ↑point, ↑post, ↑premium, ↑pressure, ↑prestige, ↑price, ↑priority, ↑probability, ↑productivity, ↑profile, ↑profit, ↑profitability, ↑proportion, ↑quality, ↑rainfall, ↑rank, ↑rate, ↑rating, ↑ratio, ↑reading, ↑regard, ↑register, ↑relief, ↑rent, ↑reserve, ↑resistance, ↑resolution, ↑return, ↑rev, ↑risk, ↑river, ↑road, ↑roar, ↑room, ↑rumble, ↑salary, ↑score, ↑scrub, ↑season, ↑sensitivity, ↑setting, ↑shelf, ↑shot, ↑shrub, ↑sound, ↑speed, ↑speed limit, ↑spending, ↑stake, ↑standard, ↑standing, ↑status, ↑stock, ↑stress, ↑sun, ↑table, ↑target, ↑tariff, ↑tax, ↑taxation, ↑technology, ↑temperature, ↑threshold, ↑tide, ↑tolerance, ↑tone, ↑total, ↑tree, ↑turnout, ↑turnover, ↑unemployment, ↑usage, ↑utility, ↑valuation, ↑value, ↑variability, ↑velocity, ↑vibration, ↑visibility, ↑voice, ↑voltage, ↑volume, ↑wage, ↑waist, ↑waistline, ↑wall, ↑weight, ↑whisper, ↑whistle, ↑yield

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adv.

Low is used with these adjectives: ↑overhead

Low is used with these verbs: ↑bow, ↑crouch, ↑fly, ↑rank, ↑sink, ↑skim, ↑swoop