 qualify |
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| 1. | [ verb ] prove capable or fit; meet requirements | |
| Synonyms: | measure_up | |
| Related terms: | suffice qualification qualifier passing | |
| 2. | [ verb ] pronounce fit or able | |
| Examples: | "She was qualified to run the marathon" "They nurses were qualified to administer the injections" |
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| Related terms: | disqualify pronounce capacitate qualification | |
| 3. | [ verb ] make more specific | |
| Synonyms: | restrict | |
| Examples: | "qualify these remarks" |
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| Related terms: | modify qualification | |
| 4. | [ verb ] (education) make fit or prepared | |
| Synonyms: | dispose | |
| Examples: | "Your education qualifies you for this job" |
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| Related terms: | disqualify prepare habilitate capacitate quality | |
| 5. | [ verb ] describe or portray the character or the qualities or peculiarities of | |
| Synonyms: | characterize characterise | |
| Examples: | "You can characterize his behavior as that of an egotist" "This poem can be characterized as a lament for a dead lover" |
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| Related terms: | remember distinguish stamp quality quality characterisation | |
| 6. | [ verb ] specify as a condition | |
| Synonyms: | specify stipulate condition | |
| Examples: | "The will stipulates that she can live in the house for the rest of her life" |
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| Related terms: | contract provide stipulate condition circumstance qualification specification | |
| 7. | [ verb ] (grammar) add a modifier to a constituent | |
| Synonyms: | modify | |
| Related terms: | add accelerate grammar modifier modification | |
