rating

rating
noun
1 measurement of how good sb/sth is
ADJECTIVE
▪ high, top
▪ low, poor
▪ overall
▪

The overall performance rating puts the new model well ahead of its main rivals.

▪ favourable/favorable, unfavourable/unfavorable (both esp. AmE)
▪

He's currently enjoying a favourable/favorable rating with more than 50% of the electorate.

▪ approval, favorability (AmE), opinion-poll, poll, popularity
▪

He has the highest opinion-poll rating of any president this century.

▪ performance
▪ two-star, three-star, etc.
▪

The hotel achieved a four-star rating.

▪

The hospital has retained its top three-star rating. (BrE)

▪ credit
▪

Most countries try to preserve their international credit rating in order to secure necessary loans.

▪ personal, subjective
VERB + RATING
▪ have
▪ assign (sb/sth), give (sb/sth)
▪ achieve, earn, get, obtain, receive, score
▪

The university scored a top rating among students.

▪ preserve
▪ improve
▪ downgrade, lower (business)
▪

Standard & Poor's lowered its credit rating for the company from A to BBB.

RATING + VERB
▪ climb, improve, rise, rocket, soar
▪

The president's ratings have suddenly rocketed.

▪ drop, fall, plummet
RATING + NOUN
▪ scale, system
PREPOSITION
▪ in a/the rating
▪

a drop of 50 points in her personal rating

▪ rating for
▪

The resort got a low rating for children's facilities.

▪ rating on
▪

The judges gave her the maximum rating on style.

2 ratings number of TV viewers, etc.
ADJECTIVE
▪ good, high
▪ low, poor
▪ audience, TV
▪ prime-time (esp. AmE)
▪

The network's prime-time ratings are up 150%.

VERB + RATINGS
▪ garner (esp. AmE), get, have
▪

The show continues to garner high ratings.

▪

At this stage the series was getting good ratings.

▪ boost
▪

Bringing her on the show was a cynical attempt to boost the ratings.

RATINGS + VERB
▪ go up, improve, pick up, shoot up, soar
▪

The ratings went shooting up overnight.

▪ dip, drop, fall, go down
▪

The show's ratings have dipped sharply.

RATINGS + NOUN
▪ battle, war
▪ success
▪

His new sitcom was a ratings success.

PREPOSITION
▪ in the ratings
▪

It has been ousted from top spot in the TV ratings.


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