» qualified

Words people most associate with “qualified”:

  1. applicant,
  2. capable

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Adjective (5 meanings)

1. meeting the proper standards and requirements and training for an office or position or task.

qualified

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:

2. limited or restricted; not absolute.

qualified

Example:
  • “gave only qualified approval”
qualified is the opposite of:
see also:
  • conditional (adjective) - imposing or depending on or containing a condition
  • modified (adjective) - changed in form or character
qualified is similar to:

3. holding appropriate documentation and officially on record as qualified to perform a specified function or practice a specified skill.

certified, qualified

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').

restricted, qualified

Domain of synset - TOPIC:
  • grammar (noun) - the branch of linguistics that deals with syntax and morphology (and sometimes also deals with semantics)
qualified is similar to:
  • modified (adjective) - changed in form or character

5. contingent on something else.

dependent, dependant, qualified

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 qualify is a way to:
ways to qualify:
  • to capacitate (verb) - make legally capable or qualify in law
to qualify is derivationally related to:

3. make more specific.

to qualify, restrict

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:

4. make fit or prepared.

to qualify, dispose

Example:
  • “Your education qualifies you for this job”
to qualify is the opposite of:
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.

to stipulate, qualify, condition, specify

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:
Verb group:
  • to stipulate (verb) - give a guarantee or promise of

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

to qualify, 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”
to qualify is a way to:
ways to qualify:
to qualify is derivationally related to:

7. add a modifier to a constituent.

to modify, qualify

to qualify is a way to:
  • to add (verb) - make an addition (to)
to qualify is derivationally related to:
Domain of synset - TOPIC:
  • grammar (noun) - the branch of linguistics that deals with syntax and morphology (and sometimes also deals with semantics)