» qualified
Adjective (5 meanings)
1. meeting the proper standards and requirements and training for an office or position or task.
Example:
- “many qualified applicants for the job”
qualified is the opposite of:
- unqualified (adjective) - not meeting the proper standards and requirements and training
see also:
- competent (adjective) - properly or sufficiently qualified or capable or efficient
- eligible (adjective) - qualified for or allowed or worthy of being chosen
qualified is similar to:
- well-qualified (adjective) - more than adequately qualified
2. limited or restricted; not absolute.
Example:
- “gave only qualified approval”
qualified is the opposite of:
- unqualified (adjective) - not limited or restricted
see also:
- conditional (adjective) - imposing or depending on or containing a condition
- modified (adjective) - changed in form or character
qualified is similar to:
- conditional (adjective) - qualified by reservations
- hedged, weasel-worded (adjective) - evasively worded in order to avoid an unqualified statement
- limited, modified (adjective) - mediocre
3. holding appropriate documentation and officially on record as qualified to perform a specified function or practice a specified skill.
Examples:
- “a registered pharmacist”,
- “a registered hospital”
qualified is similar to:
- registered (adjective) - listed or recorded officially
4. restricted in meaning; (as e.g. `man' in `a tall man').
Derivationally related form:
- to depend (verb) - be contingent upon (something that is elided)
qualified is similar to:
- conditional (adjective) - imposing or depending on or containing a condition
» qualify
Verb (7 meanings)
1. prove capable or fit; meet requirements.
to qualify, measure up
to qualify is a way to:
to qualify is derivationally related to:
- passing, pass, qualifying (noun) - success in satisfying a test or requirement
- qualification, making (noun) - an attribute that must be met or complied with and that fits a person for something
- qualifier (noun) - a contestant who meets certain requirements and so qualifies to take part in the next stage of competition
- quality, caliber, calibre (noun) - a degree or grade of excellence or worth
- quality (noun) - high social status
2. pronounce fit or able.
to qualify
Examples:
- “She was qualified to run the marathon”,
- “They nurses were qualified to administer the injections”
to qualify is the opposite of:
- to disqualify (verb) - declare unfit
to qualify is a way to:
ways to qualify:
- to capacitate (verb) - make legally capable or qualify in law
to qualify is derivationally related to:
- qualification, making (noun) - an attribute that must be met or complied with and that fits a person for something
- quality, caliber, calibre (noun) - a degree or grade of excellence or worth
Example:
- “qualify these remarks”
to qualify is a way to:
- to modify (verb) - make less severe or harsh or extreme
to qualify is derivationally related to:
- qualification (noun) - the act of modifying or changing the strength of some idea
- quality, character, lineament (noun) - a characteristic property that defines the apparent individual nature of something
- reservation, qualification (noun) - a statement that limits or restricts some claim
Example:
- “Your education qualifies you for this job”
to qualify is the opposite of:
- to disqualify, unfit, indispose (verb) - make unfit or unsuitable
to qualify is a way to:
ways to qualify:
- to capacitate (verb) - make capable
- to habilitate (verb) - qualify for teaching at a university in Europe
to qualify is derivationally related to:
5. specify as a condition or requirement in a contract or agreement; make an express demand or provision in an agreement.
Examples:
- “The will stipulates that she can live in the house for the rest of her life”,
- “The contract stipulates the dates of the payments”
to qualify is a way to:
ways to qualify:
- to provide (verb) - determine (what is to happen in certain contingencies), especially by including a proviso condition or stipulation
to qualify is derivationally related to:
- agreed upon, stipulatory (adjective) - constituted or contracted by stipulation or agreement
- circumstance, condition, consideration (noun) - information that should be kept in mind when making a decision
- condition, precondition, stipulation (noun) - an assumption on which rests the validity or effect of something else
- condition, term (noun) - (usually plural) a statement of what is required as part of an agreement
- qualification, making (noun) - an attribute that must be met or complied with and that fits a person for something
- specification, spec (noun) - a detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work
- stipulation, specification (noun) - a restriction that is insisted upon as a condition for an agreement
Verb group:
- to stipulate (verb) - give a guarantee or promise of
6. describe or portray the character or the qualities or peculiarities of.
Examples:
- “You can characterize his behavior as that of an egotist”,
- “This poem can be characterized as a lament for a dead lover”
to qualify is a way to:
ways to qualify:
- to distinguish, mark, differentiate (verb) - be a distinctive feature, attribute, or trait
- to stamp (verb) - reveal clearly as having a certain character
to qualify is derivationally related to:
- character, reference, character reference (noun) - a formal recommendation by a former employer to a potential future employer describing the person's qualifications and dependability
- characterization, characterisation (noun) - the act of describing distinctive characteristics or essential features
- quality (noun) -
- quality, character, lineament (noun) - a characteristic property that defines the apparent individual nature of something
- word picture, word-painting, delineation, depiction, picture, characterization, characterisation (noun) - a graphic or vivid verbal description
to qualify is a way to:
- to add (verb) - make an addition (to)
to qualify is derivationally related to:
- modification, qualifying, limiting (noun) - the grammatical relation that exists when a word qualifies the meaning of the phrase
- modifier, qualifier (noun) - a content word that qualifies the meaning of a noun or verb
Domain of synset - TOPIC:
- grammar (noun) - the branch of linguistics that deals with syntax and morphology (and sometimes also deals with semantics)