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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