QUALIFIED

dependent, dependant, qualified

(adjective) contingent on something else

restricted, qualified

(adjective) restricted in meaning; (as e.g. ‘man’ in ‘a tall man’)

qualified

(adjective) meeting the proper standards and requirements and training for an office or position or task; “many qualified applicants for the job”

qualified

(adjective) limited or restricted; not absolute; “gave only qualified approval”

certified, qualified

(adjective) holding appropriate documentation and officially on record as qualified to perform a specified function or practice a specified skill; “a registered pharmacist”; “a registered hospital”

QUALIFY

modify, qualify

(verb) add a modifier to a constituent

qualify

(verb) make more specific; “qualify these remarks”

qualify, dispose

(verb) make fit or prepared; “Your education qualifies you for this job”

qualify, characterize, characterise

(verb) 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”

qualify

(verb) pronounce fit or able; “She was qualified to run the marathon”; “They nurses were qualified to administer the injections”

stipulate, qualify, condition, specify

(verb) 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”

qualify, measure up

(verb) prove capable or fit; meet requirements

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Adjective

qualified (comparative more qualified, superlative most qualified)

Meeting the standards, requirements, and training for a position.

Restricted or limited by conditions.

Antonyms

• non-qualified

• unqualified

Verb

qualified

simple past tense and past participle of qualify

Source: Wiktionary

Qual"i*fied, a.

1. Fitted by accomplishments or endowments.

2. Modified; limited; as, a qualified statement. Qualified fee (Law), a base fee, or an estate which has a qualification annexed to it, the fee ceasing with the qualification, as a grant to A and his heirs, tenants of the manor of Dale.

– Qualified indorsement (Law), an indorsement which modifies the liability of the indorser that would result from the general principles of law, but does not affect the negotiability of the instrument. Story.

– Qualified negative (Legislation), a limited veto power, by which the chief executive in a constitutional government may refuse assent to bills passed by the legislative body, which bills therefore fail to become laws unless upon a reconsideration the legislature again passes them by a certain majority specified in the constitution, when they become laws without the approval of the executive. Qualified property (Law), that which depends on temporary possession, as that in wild animals reclaimed, or as in the case of a bailment.

Syn.

– Competent; fit; adapted.

– Qualified, Competent. Competent is most commonly used with respect to native endowments and general ability suited to the performance of a task or duty; qualified with respect to specific acquirements and training.

QUALIFY

Qual"i*fy, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Qualified; p. pr. & vb. n. Qualifying.] Etym: [F. qualifier, LL. qualificare, fr. L. qualis how constituted, as + -ficare (in comp.) to make. See Quality, and -Fy.]

1. To make such as is required; to give added or requisite qualities to; to fit, as for a place, office, occupation, or character; to furnish with the knowledge, skill, or other accomplishment necessary for a purpose; to make capable, as of an employment or privilege; to supply with legal power or capacity. He had qualified himself for municipal office by taking the oaths to the sovereigns in possession. Macaulay.

2. To give individual quality to; to modulate; to vary; to regulate. It hath no larynx . . . to qualify the sound. Sir T. Browne.

3. To reduce from a general, undefined, or comprehensive form, to particular or restricted form; to modify; to limit; to restrict; to restrain; as, to qualify a statement, claim, or proposition.

4. Hence, to soften; to abate; to diminish; to assuage; to reduce the strength of, as liquors. I do not seek to quench your love's hot fire, But qualify the fire's extreme rage. Shak.

5. To soothe; to cure; -- said of persons. [Obs.] In short space he has them qualified. Spenser.

Syn.

– To fit; equip; prepare; adapt; capacitate; enable; modify; soften; restrict; restrain; temper.

Qual"i*fy, v. i.

1. To be or become qualified; to be fit, as for an office or employment.

2. To obtain legal power or capacity by taking the oath, or complying with the forms required, on assuming an office.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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