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QUALIFY

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Irregular inflected form: qualified   

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Add a modifier to a constituent

Synonyms:

modify; qualify

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "qualify" is one way to...):

add (make an addition (to); join or combine or unite with others; increase the quality, quantity, size or scope of)

Domain category:

grammar (the branch of linguistics that deals with syntax and morphology (and sometimes also deals with semantics))

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s something with something

Derivation:

qualifier (a content word that qualifies the meaning of a noun or verb)

qualifying (the grammatical relation that exists when a word qualifies the meaning of the phrase)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Make more specific

Example:

qualify these remarks

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "qualify" is one way to...):

modify (make less severe or harsh or extreme)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Derivation:

qualification (the act of modifying or changing the strength of some idea)

qualification (a statement that limits or restricts some claim)

quality (a characteristic property that defines the apparent individual nature of something)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Make fit or prepared

Example:

Your education qualifies you for this job

Synonyms:

dispose; qualify

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "qualify" is one way to...):

groom; prepare; train (educate for a future role or function)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "qualify"):

habilitate (qualify for teaching at a university in Europe)

capacitate (make capable)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE

Antonym:

disqualify (make unfit or unsuitable)

Derivation:

quality (a degree or grade of excellence or worth)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Describe or portray the character or the qualities or peculiarities of

Example:

This poem can be characterized as a lament for a dead lover

Synonyms:

characterise; characterize; qualify

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "qualify" is one way to...):

remember; think of (keep in mind for attention or consideration)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "qualify"):

differentiate; distinguish; mark (be a distinctive feature, attribute, or trait; sometimes in a very positive sense)

stamp (reveal clearly as having a certain character)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something

Derivation:

quality (an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone)

quality (a characteristic property that defines the apparent individual nature of something)

Sense 5

Meaning:

Pronounce fit or able

Example:

They nurses were qualified to administer the injections

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "qualify" is one way to...):

judge; label; pronounce (pronounce judgment on)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "qualify"):

capacitate (make legally capable or qualify in law)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE

Antonym:

disqualify (declare unfit)

Derivation:

qualification (an attribute that must be met or complied with and that fits a person for something)

quality (a degree or grade of excellence or worth)

Sense 6

Meaning:

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

Example:

The contract stipulates the dates of the payments

Synonyms:

condition; qualify; specify; stipulate

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "qualify" is one way to...):

contract; undertake (enter into a contractual arrangement)

Verb group:

stipulate (give a guarantee or promise of)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "qualify"):

provide (determine (what is to happen in certain contingencies), especially by including a proviso condition or stipulation)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE

Derivation:

qualification (an attribute that must be met or complied with and that fits a person for something)

Sense 7

Meaning:

Prove capable or fit; meet requirements

Synonyms:

measure up; qualify

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Hypernyms (to "qualify" is one way to...):

answer; do; serve; suffice (be sufficient; be adequate, either in quality or quantity)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s

Derivation:

qualification (an attribute that must be met or complied with and that fits a person for something)

qualifier (a contestant who meets certain requirements and so qualifies to take part in the next stage of competition)

qualifying (success in satisfying a test or requirement)

quality (a degree or grade of excellence or worth)

quality (high social status)

Credits

 Context examples: 

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 characteristic used to qualify the determination of whether an adverse event is related to medical product or procedure.

(Adverse Event Attribution Category, NCI Thesaurus)

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)

The ACSB provides qualified researchers with tissue, cell, blood and fluid specimens, as well as clinical data from patients with HIV-related malignancies.

(AIDS and Cancer Specimen Bank, NCI Thesaurus)

A central facility to qualify, quality assure, and distribute human biomolecules in support of the development of the Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA).

(Biospecimen Core Resource, NCI Thesaurus)

Furthermore, the sugar group needs to be bonded to a non-sugar for the molecule to qualify as a glycoside, thus excluding the polysaccharides.

(Glycoside, NCI Thesaurus)

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)

A laboratory test designed to quantify or qualify the poisonous nature of a sample.

(Laboratory Test Toxicity, NCI Thesaurus)

Some people under age 65 can qualify for Medicare, too.

(Medicare, NIH)