Dictionary entry details
• QUALIFY (verb)
Meaning:
Prove capable or fit; meet requirements
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Synonyms:
measure up; qualify
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
Meaning:
Pronounce fit or able
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Context examples:
She was qualified to run the marathon / They nurses were qualified to administer the injections
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)
Meaning:
Make more specific
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
qualify; restrict
Context example:
qualify these remarks
Hypernyms (to "qualify" is one way to...):
modify (make less severe or harsh or extreme)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Make fit or prepared
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
dispose; qualify
Context example:
Your education qualifies you for this job
Hypernyms (to "qualify" is one way to...):
groom; prepare; train (prepare (someone) 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)
Meaning:
Specify as a condition or requirement in a contract or agreement; make an express demand or provision in an agreement
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
specify; stipulate; condition; qualify
Context examples:
The will stipulates that she can live in the house for the rest of her life / The contract stipulates the dates of the payments
Hypernyms (to "qualify" is one way to...):
contract; undertake (enter into a contractual arrangement)
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
Meaning:
Describe or portray the character or the qualities or peculiarities of
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
characterize; characterise; qualify
Context examples:
You can characterize his behavior as that of an egotist / This poem can be characterized as a lament for a dead lover
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
Meaning:
Add a modifier to a constituent
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
modify; qualify
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 or morphology))
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "qualify"):
decelerate; slow down (reduce the speed of)
accelerate; speed; speed up (cause to move faster)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s something with something
