- health
- nounADJECTIVE▪ excellent, full, good, perfect▪ bad, declining, delicate, failing, fragile, frail, ill, poor▪
He had to retire due to ill health.
▪ general, overall▪ long-term▪ mental, physical, sexual▪ environmental, occupational▪environmental health officers
▪ public▪There is no threat to public health from this paint.
▪ personal▪ humanVERB + HEALTH▪ enjoy, have▪She's never really enjoyed good health.
▪ ensure, look after (esp. BrE), maintain, protect▪You need to maintain your physical and mental health.
▪ enhance, improve▪ways to improve the nation's general health
▪ promote▪a campaign to promote better health in the workplace
▪ recover, regain, restore▪ nurse sb back to, restore sb to▪She was nursed back to full health.
▪Doctors worked for weeks to restore him to health.
▪ damage, harm, ruin, undermine▪ endanger, risk, threaten▪Some athletes are prepared to risk their health to win a medal.
▪ affect▪ monitorHEALTH + VERB▪ improve▪Her health gradually improved.
▪ deteriorate, fail, worsen▪His health began to fail under the heavy pressures of the job.
HEALTH + NOUN▪ care▪How is primary health care best delivered?
▪community health care
(see also health service)▪ system▪ authority (esp. BrE), board (esp. BrE), department▪the local health authority (BrE)
▪ issue, needs, problem▪ hazard, risk▪ benefit▪the health benefits of physical activity
▪ education▪ centre/center, clinic, facilities▪a community health centre/center
▪ insurance, plan▪private health insurance
▪ food▪health food stores
▪ official, professional, visitor (in the UK), worker▪Health visitors give families support for infant care and development.
▪ provider▪ warning▪The air quality was so bad that the government issued a health warning.
▪ minister (BrE)PHRASES▪ bad for your health, good for your health▪Smoking is bad for your health.
▪ health and safety▪health and safety at work
▪ (not) in the best of health, in good health, in poor health▪He was in much better health.
▪ sb's state of health (esp. BrE)▪He is unable to travel far because of his state of health.
Collocations dictionary. 2013.
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