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I believe the quickest and most sure way to reduce poverty, raise living standards and create jobs around the world is to make economies and governments more open and free, thereby encouraging business and entrepreneurship.
Elliott Bisnow

Meaning of "living standards" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF LIVING STANDARDS

living standards  [ˈlɪvɪŋ ˈstændədz] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF LIVING STANDARDS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Living standards is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES LIVING STANDARDS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Standard of living

Standard of living refers to the level of wealth, comfort, material goods and necessities available to a certain socioeconomic class in a certain geographic area. The standard of living includes factors such as income, quality and availability of employment, class disparity, poverty rate, quality and affordability of housing, hours of work required to purchase necessities, gross domestic product, inflation rate, number of holiday days per year, affordable access to quality healthcare, quality and availability of education, life expectancy, incidence of disease, cost of goods and services, infrastructure, national economic growth, economic and political and stability, political and religious freedom, environmental quality, climate and safety. The standard of living is closely related to quality of life. In 2012, the Human Development Index ranked the top six countries for quality of living as: Norway, Australia, United States, Netherlands, Germany and New Zealand.

Definition of living standards in the English dictionary

The definition of living standards in the dictionary is standard of living; material quality of life.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH LIVING STANDARDS


afterwards
ˈɑːftəwədz
ass-backwards
ˌæsˈbækwədz
backwards
ˈbækwədz
billiards
ˈbɪljədz
downwards
ˈdaʊnwədz
eastwards
ˈiːstwədz
Edwards
ˈɛdwədz
forwards
ˈfɔːwədz
hazards
ˈhæzədz
hundreds
ˈhʌndrədz
innards
ˈɪnədz
inwards
ˈɪnwədz
northwards
ˈnɔːθwədz
onwards
ˈɒnwədz
outwards
ˈaʊtwədz
rearwards
ˈrɪəwədz
Richards
ˈrɪtʃədz
southwards
ˈsaʊθwədz
standards
ˈstændədz
upwards
ˈʌpwədz

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE LIVING STANDARDS

lividly
lividness
living
living bandage
living conditions
living dead
living death
living expenses
living fossil
living history
living on borrowed time
living picture
living proof
living quarters
living room
living space
living wage
living will
livingly
livingness

WORDS THAT END LIKE LIVING STANDARDS

accounting standards
as regards
bend over backwards
boards
cards
Guards
Horse Guards
house of cards
keyboards
Life Guards
National Bureau of Standards
on the cards
regards
rewards
safety standards
sideboards
the boards
the whole nine yards
towards
trading standards

Synonyms and antonyms of living standards in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «living standards» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF LIVING STANDARDS

Find out the translation of living standards to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of living standards from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «living standards» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

生活水平
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

nivel de vida
570 millions of speakers

English

living standards
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

जीवन स्तर
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

مستويات المعيشة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

уровень жизни
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

padrão de vida
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

জীবনযাত্রার মান
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

niveau de vie
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Standard hidup
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Lebensstandard
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

生活水準
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

생활 수준
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Standar urip
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

mức sống
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

வாழ்க்கை தரநிலைகள்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

जिवंत मानक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

yaşam standartları
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

tenore di vita
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

standardy życia
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

рівень життя
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

nivelului de trai
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

βιοτικού επιπέδου
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

lewenstandaarde
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

levnadsstandard
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

levestandard
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of living standards

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «LIVING STANDARDS»

The term «living standards» is quite widely used and occupies the 51.648 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «LIVING STANDARDS» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about living standards

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7 QUOTES WITH «LIVING STANDARDS»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word living standards.
1
Elliott Bisnow
I believe the quickest and most sure way to reduce poverty, raise living standards and create jobs around the world is to make economies and governments more open and free, thereby encouraging business and entrepreneurship.
2
Chris Christie
This country pays a price whenever our economy fails to deliver rising living standards to our citizens - which is exactly what has been the case for years now. We pay a price when our political system cannot come together and agree on the difficult but necessary steps to rein in entitlement spending or reform our tax system.
3
Ivan Glasenberg
Over two billion people in China and India need commodities to grow their economies and improve their living standards.
4
Noreena Hertz
The global policy shift toward neo-liberalism that took place during the 1980s and 1990s was supposed, according to its proponents, to bring a convergence of living standards of richer and poorer nations. This never actually happened.
5
Li Peng
Today, being the biggest developing countries in the world, China and India are both committed to developing their economy and raising their people's living standards.
6
John Redwood
Living standards in both the public and private sector have to be brought down. The private sector has to sell more abroad and consume less at home. The government sector has to get closer to just spending what it can collect in taxes.
7
Walter Ulbricht
Let there be great enthusiasm for the plan throughout the entire republic that will overcome all obstacles. Let us join together to realize the Five Year Plan and bring our economy and our own living standards to previously unknown heights.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LIVING STANDARDS»

Discover the use of living standards in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to living standards and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Measuring Up: A History of Living Standards in Mexico, 1850–1950
Using anthropometric history techniques, the book assesses how a large portion of the population was affected by piecemeal policies and flaws in the process of economic modernization and growth.
Moramay López-Alonso, 2012
2
Standards of Living in the Later Middle Ages: Social Change ...
Between 1200 and 1520 medieval English society went through a series of upheavals: this was an age of war, pestilence and rebellion. This book explores the realities of life of the people who lived through those stirring times.
Christopher Dyer, 1989
3
Living Standards in the Past: New Perspectives on Well-Being ...
This is one of the most fundamental questions in Economic History and one that has provoked intense debate. The main concern of this book is to determine when the gap in living standards between the East and the West emerged.
Robert C. Allen, Tommy Bengtsson, Martin Dribe, 2005
4
Living Standards and the Wealth of Nations: Successes and ...
A group of prominent international economists consider what makes for successfulconvergence—what policies and economic conditions help poor countries catch up to theliving standards of rich countries.
Leszek Balcerowicz, Stanley Fischer, 2006
5
Stature, Living Standards, and Economic Development: Essays ...
In this collection of essays studying height and weight data from eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century Europe, North America, and Asia, fourteen distinguished scholars explore the relation between physical size, economic development, ...
John Komlos, 1994
6
Model Living Standards Measurement Study Survey ...
The author guides the questionnaire writer through the modification process, illustrating the important aspects of LSMS surveys, the translation and field-testing procedures, and a section-by-section description of the types of modification ...
Raylynn Oliver, 1997
7
Living Standards Analytics: Development through the Lens of ...
The purpose of this book is to introduce, discuss, illustrate, and evaluate the colorful palette of analytical techniques that can be applied to the analysis of household survey data, with an emphasis on the innovations of the past decade ...
Dominique Haughton, Jonathan Haughton, 2011
8
Employment, Living Standards and Poverty in Contemporary ...
This book shows how Indonesia is travelling with regard to employment, social policy and poverty. It identifies promising new directions for strategies to alleviate poverty, some of which are already showing results.
Chris Manning, Sudarno Sumarto, 2011
9
Quality of Government and Living Standards: Adjusting for ...
It is generally acknowledged that the government’s output is difficult to define and its value is hard to measure.
Francesco Grigoli, Mr. Eduardo Ley, 2012
10
A Guide to Living Standards Measurement Study Surveys and ...
World Bank Discussion Paper No. 302.
Margaret E. Grosh, Paul Glewwe, 1995

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «LIVING STANDARDS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term living standards is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Automation and Technology Increase Living Standards
Virtually all Americans today enjoy material living standards vastly better than the wealthy of 1900. Nonetheless, most Americans today would ... «Heritage.org, Jul 15»
2
Under Scott Walker, Wisconsin Has Prospered--Keep That In Mind …
Fast-forward four years: The state enjoys strong growth in employment and improvements in living standards through higher after-tax incomes. «Forbes, Jul 15»
3
Will the World Ever Boom Again? - Bloomberg View
That confounded the predictions of basic models of economic growth, which say that national living standards should converge over time. «Bloomberg View, Jul 15»
4
Simple living tips to make your income last longer | Al Bawaba
In fact, many people find joy in their ability to improve their living standards without breaking the bank. And their efforts may provide some ... «Al-Bawaba, Jul 15»
5
IKEA first to offer REAL Living Wage - 65p an hour more than …
Unlike the Government's minimum wage, now at £6.50, the living wage is a realistic minimum which allows decent living standards. «Mirror.co.uk, Jul 15»
6
Ministry works to raise living standards
Update: 3:42PM THE need to raise living standards in rural and remote communities is something the Ministry of Rural and Maritime ... «Fiji Times, Jul 15»
7
Living wage 'risks hurting jobs and investment' - Telegraph
... in the Budget was a "risky strategy" that was likely to be "only partially successful" at boosting investment, productivity and living standards. «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»
8
State housing agency's $1 million contract to improve living
... of seven along the Texas-Mexico border, supports the efforts of local colonia residents to improve their own living standards while making the ... «RealEstateRama, Jul 15»
9
Zero inflation will boost living standards for Northern Ireland …
A fall in the rate of inflation back to zero - pushed down by supermarket price wars and summer sales - is "likely to improve living standards" for ... «Belfast Telegraph, Jul 15»
10
Bank strong but economy needs reform to maintain current living
... communicate why it is needed and how it can be implemented, and he fears if that does not happen, living standards will inevitably fall. «ABC Online, Jul 15»

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