qualify

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb

To describe or characterize something by listing its qualities.
To successfully fall under some category or description by meeting requisite conditions.
To make someone competent or eligible for some position or task.
To become competent or eligible for some position or task.
To certify or license someone for something.
To modify, limit, restrict or moderate something; especially to add conditions or requirements for an assertion to be true.
To mitigate, alleviate (something); to make less disagreeable.
To compete successfully in some stage of a competition and become eligible for the next stage.
To give individual quality to; to modulate; to vary; to regulate.
To throw and catch each object at least twice.

noun

An instance of throwing and catching each prop at least twice.

Pronunciation

/ˈkwɒl.ɪ.faɪ/ kwŏlʹĭ-fī /ˈkwɑ.lɪ.faɪ/ /ˈkwɑ.lə.faɪ/ kwŏʹlĭ-fī en-us-qualify.ogg /ˈkwɔl.ɪ.fɑe/ /ˈkwɒl.ə.faɪ/ [ˈkwɔ̟l.ə.fɑe̯] /ˈkwæl.ɪ.faɪ/ kwălʹĭ-fī

Word forms

qualify qualifies qualifying qualified

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French qualifier (“to qualify”). Equivalent to quality + -fy.

Antonyms

disqualify unqualify

Related words

disqualification disqualified disqualifier disqualifying DNQ DQ DSQ non-qualified prequalification prequalified prequalifier prequalifying Q qual quali qualie qualification qualy requalification requalified requalifier requalifying self-qualification self-qualified self-qualifying unqualified well-qualified

Derived words

disqualify misqualify nonqualifying outqualify overqualify postqualifying prequalify qualifiability qualifiable qualified qualifier qualifying qualifyingly qualify out requalify self-qualify self-qualifying subqualify unqualify

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