Qualify

Verb

 * 1) to describe or characterize something by listing its qualities
 * 2) to make someone, or to become competent or eligible for some position or task
 * 3) to certify or license someone for something
 * 4) to modify, limit, restrict or moderate something
 * 5)  To mitigate, alleviate (something); to make less disagreeable.
 * 6) * 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, II.vi:
 * he balmes and herbes thereto applyde, / And euermore with mighty spels them charmd, / That in short space he has them qualifyde, / And him restor'd to health, that would haue algates dyde.
 * 1) to compete successfully in some stage of a competition and become eligible for the next stage
 * 2)  To throw and catch each object at least twice.

Antonyms

 * unqualify

Related terms

 * disqualify
 * qualification
 * qualifier

Adverbs for Qualify
patently; eminently; severely; admirably; splendidly; nominally; scientifically; medically; conventionally.

Thesaurus
abate, accommodate, adapt, adjust, adjust to, alter, ameliorate, answer, ascribe, assign, assuage, attribute, attune, authorize, avail, be OK, be blooded, be equal to, be successful, bear, better, bound, box, box in, box up, break up, capacitate, catch on, certify, change, check out, circumscribe, click, come off, condition, confine, connect, contain, convert, copyright, cramp, deform, denature, diminish, discipline, distinguish, diversify, do, do it, do the job, draw the line, enable, equip, farewell, fill the bill, fit, fit out, fulfill, furnish, get by, go, go around, go great guns, go off, go over, go over big, go to town, graduate, hack it, have the qualifications, hedge, hedge about, hem, hem in, hold, improve, impute, individualize, individuate, just do, keep from spreading, keep within bounds, leaven, limit, localize, make a hit, make reservations, make the grade, mark, measure up, meet, meet requirements, meet with success, meliorate, mitigate, moderate, modify, modulate, mutate, narrow, overthrow, palliate, pass, pass muster, patent, predicate, prepare, prevail, prosper, put in trim, put in tune, re-create, reach, ready, realign, rebuild, reconstruct, redesign, reduce, refit, reform, register, regulate by, relate, remake, renew, reshape, restrain, restrict, restructure, revamp, revive, ring the changes, satisfy, scant, season, serve, serve the purpose, set conditions, set limits, set terms, shift the scene, shuffle the cards, signalize, soften, specialize, specifically provide, stand, stand up, stint, stipulate, stipulate for, straiten, stretch, subvert, succeed, suffice, suit, take, take it, temper, tighten, tune, turn the scale, turn the tables, turn the tide, turn upside down, vary, work, work a change, work well, work wonders, worsen

Translations

 * Belarusian: кваліфікаваць
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 * Russian: квалифицировать and
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 * Belarusian: рыхтаваць
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 * German: qualifizieren, sich qualifizieren
 * Russian: готовить
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 * Czech:
 * Finnish: kvalifioitua,
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 * German: sich qualifizieren
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