qualify

Verbs

  • (v) prove capable or fit; meet requirements measure up,
  • (v) pronounce fit or able
    • She was qualified to run the marathon
    • They nurses were qualified to administer the injections
  • (v) make more specific
    • qualify these remarks
    restrict,
  • (v) make fit or prepared
    • Your education qualifies you for this job
    dispose,
  • (v) specify as a condition or requirement in a contract or agreement; make an express demand or provision in an agreement
    • The will stipulates that she can live in the house for the rest of her life
    • The contract stipulates the dates of the payments
    specify, stipulate, condition,
  • (v) describe or portray the character or the qualities or peculiarities of
    • You can characterize his behavior as that of an egotist
    • This poem can be characterized as a lament for a dead lover
    characterize, characterise,
  • (v) add a modifier to a constituent modify,

Synonyms

measure up restrict dispose specify stipulate condition characterize characterise modify

Antonyms

disqualify unfit indispose

Words of close approximity

quality
qualifying qualifying adjective