Canadian English Meaning of qualify

qualify

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Definitions and Meaning of qualify in English

Wordnet

qualify (v)

prove capable or fit; meet requirements

pronounce fit or able

make more specific

make fit or prepared

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

describe or portray the character or the qualities or peculiarities of

add a modifier to a constituent

Webster

qualify (v. t.)

To make such as is required; to give added or requisite qualities to; to fit, as for a place, office, occupation, or character; to furnish with the knowledge, skill, or other accomplishment necessary for a purpose; to make capable, as of an employment or privilege; to supply with legal power or capacity.

To give individual quality to; to modulate; to vary; to regulate.

To reduce from a general, undefined, or comprehensive form, to particular or restricted form; to modify; to limit; to restrict; to restrain; as, to qualify a statement, claim, or proposition.

Hence, to soften; to abate; to diminish; to assuage; to reduce the strength of, as liquors.

To soothe; to cure; -- said of persons.

Webster

qualify (v. i.)

To be or become qualified; to be fit, as for an office or employment.

To obtain legal power or capacity by taking the oath, or complying with the forms required, on assuming an office.

FAQs About the word qualify

qualify

prove capable or fit; meet requirements, pronounce fit or able, make more specific, make fit or prepared, specify as a condition or requirement in a contract or

Modify,adjust,colour,[distort],misrepresent,misstate,narrow,warp

broaden,expand,widen

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