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QUALIFIED
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Contingent on something else
Synonyms:
dependant; dependent; qualified
Classified under:
Similar:
conditional (imposing or depending on or containing a condition)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Restricted in meaning; (as e.g. 'man' in 'a tall man')
Synonyms:
qualified; restricted
Classified under:
Similar:
modified (changed in form or character)
Domain category:
grammar (the branch of linguistics that deals with syntax and morphology (and sometimes also deals with semantics))
Sense 3
Meaning:
Meeting the proper standards and requirements and training for an office or position or task
Example:
many qualified applicants for the job
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
well-qualified (more than adequately qualified)
Also:
competent (properly or sufficiently qualified or capable or efficient)
eligible (qualified for or allowed or worthy of being chosen)
Antonym:
unqualified (not meeting the proper standards and requirements and training)
Sense 4
Meaning:
Limited or restricted; not absolute
Example:
gave only qualified approval
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
conditional (qualified by reservations)
hedged; weasel-worded (evasively worded in order to avoid an unqualified statement)
limited; modified (mediocre)
Also:
conditional (imposing or depending on or containing a condition)
modified (changed in form or character)
Antonym:
unqualified (not limited or restricted)
Sense 5
Meaning:
Holding appropriate documentation and officially on record as qualified to perform a specified function or practice a specified skill
Example:
a registered hospital
Synonyms:
certified; qualified
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
registered (listed or recorded officially)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Past simple / past participle of the verb qualify
Context examples:
And thus ambassadors would be qualified to treat with foreign princes, or ministers of state, to whose tongues they were utter strangers.
(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)
The acquisition for the LBFD X-plane contract will be fully open and competitive, with the QueSST preliminary design data being made available to qualified bidders.
(NASA Completes Milestone Toward Quieter Supersonic X-Plane, NASA)
“You are good to look upon—in a way,” I qualified.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
Typically, they process applications and award funds to the chosen qualified applicants.
(Funding Agency, NCI Thesaurus)
A person qualified to be engaged in activity directed at preservation of mental and physical health by diseases prevention and treatment as a source of livelihood.
(Health Care Professional, NCI Thesaurus)
It found that 20 per cent of food samples it analysed between 2013 and 2015 qualified as unsafe for human intake due to high pesticide levels.
(Pesticides blamed for rise in colon cancer deaths, SciDev.Net)
A person trained and qualified to provide comprehensive diagnostic, preventive, and therapeutic medical care and services to patients under the guidance of the physician.
(Physician assistant, NCI Thesaurus)
A person who has been qualified and licensed to advise clients on legal matters and to provide legal services, including appearing in court.
(Attorney, NCI Thesaurus)
The DCLG will also help NCI to widen the pool of qualified consumer-advocates who can be called upon to serve on NCI advisory committees and other groups.
(NCI Director's Consumer Liaison Group, NCI Thesaurus)
NOTE(S): The term "protocol" is somewhat overloaded and must be qualified to provide semantic context.
(Clinical Study Protocol, NCI Thesaurus/BRIDG)
