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Definición y significado de qualify
Definición
qualify (v. trans.)
1.add a modifier to a constituent
2.make more specific"qualify these remarks"
3.make fit or prepared"Your education qualifies you for this job"
4.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"
5.pronounce fit or able"She was qualified to run the marathon" "They nurses were qualified to administer the injections"
6.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"
7.prove capable or fit; meet requirements
qualify (v.)
1.add a modifier to a constituent
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Merriam Webster
QualifyQual"i*fy (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Qualified (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Qualifying (?).] [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.
QualifyQual"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.
Sinónimos
qualify (v.)
qualify (v. trans.)
adapt, assuage, be able to cope with, be able to deal with, be able to get through, be a match for, be equal to, be suited to, be up to, call, characterise, characterize, condition, designate, diminish, dispose, entitle, hold one's own against, limit, make a distinction, make the grade, measure up, mitigate, modify, name, prepare, reduce, restrain, restrict, signify, soften, specify, state, stipulate, suit
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Ver también
qualify (v. trans.)
↘ qualification, spec, specification, specifier ≠ disqualify, indispose, unfit
qualify (v.)
Frases
Diccionario analógico
qualify (v.)
être en compétition sportive (fr)[Classe]
(record; register; list; listing), (ranking)[termes liés]
qualify (v. tr.)
qualify (v. tr.)
add, adject[Hyper.]
modifier, qualifier - limiting, modification, qualifying[Dérivé]
qualify (v. tr.)
modify[Hyper.]
qualification - character, lineament, quality - condition, qualification, reservation[Dérivé]
qualify (v. tr.)
qualify (v. tr.)
qualify (v. tr.)
judge, label, pronounce[Hyper.]
making, qualification - caliber, calibre, quality[Dérivé]
disqualify[Ant.]
qualify (v. tr.)
préciser (fr)[Classe]
qualify (v. tr.)
être compétent (fr)[Classe]
être capable de (capacité de l'individu) (fr)[Classe]
être suffisant (fr)[Classe]
answer, do, serve, suffice[Hyper.]
pass, passing, qualifying - making, qualification - caliber, calibre, quality - qualifier - quality[Dérivé]
measure[Analogie]
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