qualify
4 11 2009Verbs
1. (verb) measure up, qualify;
- prove capable or fit; meet requirements;
2. (verb) qualify;
- pronounce fit or able;
- “She was qualified to run the marathon”; “They nurses were qualified to administer the injections”;
3. (verb) qualify, restrict;
- make more specific;
- “qualify these remarks”;
4. (verb) dispose, qualify;
- make fit or prepared;
- “Your education qualifies you for this job”;
5. (verb) condition, qualify, specify, stipulate;
- specify as a condition or requirement in a contract or agreement; make an express demand or provision in an agreement;
- “The will stipulates that she can live in the house for the rest of her life”; “The contract stipulates the dates of the payments”;
6. (verb) characterise, characterize, qualify;
- describe or portray the character or the qualities or peculiarities of;
- “You can characterize his behavior as that of an egotist”; “This poem can be characterized as a lament for a dead lover”;
7. (verb) modify, qualify;
- add a modifier to a constituent;
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