| Verb | 1. | qualify - prove capable or fit; meet requirementssuffice, answer, do, serve - be sufficient; be adequate, either in quality or quantity; "A few words would answer"; "This car suits my purpose well"; "Will $100 do?"; "A 'B' grade doesn't suffice to get me into medical school"; "Nothing else will serve" | |
| 2. | qualify - pronounce fit or able; "She was qualified to run the marathon"; "They nurses were qualified to administer the injections"capacitate - make legally capable or qualify in law disqualify - declare unfit; "She was disqualified for the Olympics because she was a professional athlete" | |
| 3. | qualify - make more specific; "qualify these remarks"modify - make less severe or harsh or extreme; "please modify this letter to make it more polite"; "he modified his views on same-gender marriage" | |
| 4. | qualify - make fit or prepared; "Your education qualifies you for this job"habilitate - qualify for teaching at a university in Europe; "He habilitated after his sabbatical at a prestigious American university" capacitate - make capable; "This instruction capacitates us to understand the problem" groom, train, prepare - prepare (someone) for a future role or function; "He is grooming his son to become his successor"; "The prince was prepared to become King one day"; "They trained him to be a warrior" | |
| 5. | qualify - 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"stipulate - give a guarantee or promise of; "They stipulated to release all the prisoners" provide - determine (what is to happen in certain contingencies), especially by including a proviso condition or stipulation; "The will provides that each child should receive half of the money"; "The Constitution provides for the right to free speech" | |
| 6. | qualify - 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"think of, remember - keep in mind for attention or consideration; "Remember the Alamo"; "Remember to call your mother every day!"; "Think of the starving children in India!" differentiate, distinguish, mark - be a distinctive feature, attribute, or trait; sometimes in a very positive sense; "His modesty distinguishes him form his peers" stamp - reveal clearly as having a certain character; "His playing stamps him as a Romantic" | |
| 7. | qualify - add a modifier to a constituentgrammar - studies of the formation of basic linguistic units add - make an addition (to); join or combine or unite with others; increase the quality, quantity, zise or scope of; "We added two students to that dorm room"; "She added a personal note to her letter"; "Add insult to injury"; "Add some extra plates to the dinner table" | |