QUALIFY (qualified)

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Irregular inflected form: qualified   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does qualify mean? 

• QUALIFY (verb)
  The verb QUALIFY has 7 senses:

1. prove capable or fit; meet requirements

2. pronounce fit or able

3. make more specific

4. make fit or prepared

5. specify as a condition or requirement in a contract or agreement; make an express demand or provision in an agreement

6. describe or portray the character or the qualities or peculiarities of

7. add a modifier to a constituent

  Familiarity information: QUALIFY used as a verb is common.

 Dictionary entry details 

• QUALIFY (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they qualify    ... he / she / it qualifies   
Past simple: qualified   
Past participle: qualified   
-ing form: qualifying   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Prove capable or fit; meet requirements

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Synonyms:

measure up; qualify

Hypernyms (to "qualify" is one way to...):

answer; do; serve; suffice (be sufficient; be adequate, either in quality or quantity)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s

Derivation:

qualification (an attribute that must be met or complied with and that fits a person for something)

qualifier (a contestant who meets certain requirements and so qualifies to take part in the next stage of competition)

qualifying (success in satisfying a test or requirement)

quality (a degree or grade of excellence or worth)

quality (high social status)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Pronounce fit or able

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Context example:

They nurses were qualified to administer the injections

Hypernyms (to "qualify" is one way to...):

judge; label; pronounce (pronounce judgment on)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "qualify"):

capacitate (make legally capable or qualify in law)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE

Antonym:

disqualify (declare unfit)

Derivation:

qualification (an attribute that must be met or complied with and that fits a person for something)

quality (a degree or grade of excellence or worth)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Make more specific

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Context example:

qualify these remarks

Hypernyms (to "qualify" is one way to...):

modify (make less severe or harsh or extreme)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Derivation:

qualification (the act of modifying or changing the strength of some idea)

qualification (a statement that limits or restricts some claim)

quality (a characteristic property that defines the apparent individual nature of something)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Make fit or prepared

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

dispose; qualify

Context example:

Your education qualifies you for this job

Hypernyms (to "qualify" is one way to...):

groom; prepare; train (educate for a future role or function)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "qualify"):

habilitate (qualify for teaching at a university in Europe)

capacitate (make capable)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE

Antonym:

disqualify (make unfit or unsuitable)

Derivation:

quality (a degree or grade of excellence or worth)

Sense 5

Meaning:

Specify as a condition or requirement in a contract or agreement; make an express demand or provision in an agreement

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

condition; qualify; specify; stipulate

Context example:

The contract stipulates the dates of the payments

Hypernyms (to "qualify" is one way to...):

contract; undertake (enter into a contractual arrangement)

Verb group:

stipulate (give a guarantee or promise of)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "qualify"):

provide (determine (what is to happen in certain contingencies), especially by including a proviso condition or stipulation)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE

Derivation:

qualification (an attribute that must be met or complied with and that fits a person for something)

Sense 6

Meaning:

Describe or portray the character or the qualities or peculiarities of

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

characterise; characterize; qualify

Context example:

This poem can be characterized as a lament for a dead lover

Hypernyms (to "qualify" is one way to...):

remember; think of (keep in mind for attention or consideration)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "qualify"):

differentiate; distinguish; mark (be a distinctive feature, attribute, or trait; sometimes in a very positive sense)

stamp (reveal clearly as having a certain character)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something

Derivation:

quality (an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone)

quality (a characteristic property that defines the apparent individual nature of something)

Sense 7

Meaning:

Add a modifier to a constituent

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

modify; qualify

Hypernyms (to "qualify" is one way to...):

add (make an addition (to); join or combine or unite with others; increase the quality, quantity, size or scope of)

Domain category:

grammar (the branch of linguistics that deals with syntax and morphology (and sometimes also deals with semantics))

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s something with something

Derivation:

qualifying (the grammatical relation that exists when a word qualifies the meaning of the phrase)

qualifier (a content word that qualifies the meaning of a noun or verb)

 Context examples 

A characteristic used to qualify the adverse event as unclassified in term of its relation to the medical intervention.

(Conditionally Related to Intervention, NCI Thesaurus)

A score of 0-7 is considered normal while a score equal to or greater than 20 qualifies an individual for a clinical trial.

(Hamilton Depression Rating Scale 17 Item Questionnaire, NCI Thesaurus)

A normal QT interval in a resting ECG with a failure to shorten with an increase in heart rate qualifies as Long QT Syndrome.

(Long QT Syndrome, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

The quality of being qualified for some purpose; having suitable or sufficient skill.

(Competency, NCI Thesaurus)

Satisfying an established set of qualifying measures.

(Acceptable, NCI Thesaurus)

You may take an important qualifying exam, and if so, with your friendly aspects, you will ace it near the full moon.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

A child only qualifies for the therapy if he/she has been diagnosed with a severe migraine that has not responded to first-line treatments.

(Innovative Treatment Offers Relief to Children with Frequent Migraine Headaches, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

He was immediately qualifying himself to form an opinion, by giving her very proper attention, after the introduction had passed.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

A characteristic used to qualify the adverse event as certainly related to the medical intervention.

(Definitely Related to Intervention, NCI Thesaurus)

“Perhaps,” said Darcy, “I should have judged better, had I sought an introduction; but I am ill-qualified to recommend myself to strangers.”

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)