QUALIFY


Meaning of QUALIFY in English

v. (-ies, -ied)

1. tr. make competent or fit for a position or purpose.

2 tr. make legally entitled.

3 intr. (foll. by for) (of a person) satisfy the conditions or requirements (for a position, award, competition, etc.).

4 tr. add reservations to; modify or make less absolute (a statement or assertion).

5 tr. Gram. (of a word, esp. an adjective) attribute a quality to another word, esp. a noun.

6 tr. moderate, mitigate; make less severe or extreme.

7 tr. alter the strength or flavour of.

8 tr. (foll. by as) attribute a specified quality to, describe as (the idea was qualified as absurd).

9 tr. (as qualifying adj.) serving to determine those that qualify (qualifying examination).

Derivatives:

qualifiable adj. qualifier n.

Etymology: F qualifier f. med.L qualificare f. L qualis such as

Oxford English vocab.      Оксфордский английский словарь.