Collocation Dictionary
Common collocations with ratio in American Collocation
ratio
noun
countable
What are red words?
Around 90% of spoken and written English relies on just 7,500 common words.
These words are highlighted in red and are ranked using a star system.
- One-star words are commonly used
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- Three-star words are the most frequently used
What are red words?
Around 90% of spoken and written English relies on just 7,500 common words.These words are highlighted in red and are ranked using a star system.
- One-star words are commonly used
- Two-star words are even more common
- Three-star words are the most frequently used
high
These plants maintain a high ratio of carbon dioxide to oxygen within photosynthetic cells.
low
For this group the success ratio was even lower.
good
Small groups enable us to provide a favourable pupil:teacher ratio.
of staff to customers etc
Day nurseries have more intensive staffing ratios depending on the ages of children being cared for.
of males to females
The department has a male:female ratio of 65:35.
of deaths
We measured five-year survival rates and relative survival ratios.
in economics
The benefit/cost ratio of is predicted to be 1.3 to 1.
staff/student ratio,
price-earnings ratio,
cost:benefit ratio,
male to female ratio.
go up
Within 10 years the firm’s debt-equity ratio had risen to 570 per cent.
go down
The sex ratio declined further to 719 girls to every 1,000 boys.
get better/worse
Staff/student ratios have worsened.
vary
Mortality ratios range from approximately 0.5 to 0.8.
be more than something
This shows that the patient:staff ratio exceeds recommendations.
indicate something
A low ratio indicates that the dividend is at an unsustainable level.