| qualify | | |
| v. (stative) | 1. measure up, qualify | prove capable or fit; meet requirements. |
| ~ suffice, 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" |
| v. (communication) | 2. qualify | pronounce fit or able.; "She was qualified to run the marathon"; "They nurses were qualified to administer the injections" |
| ~ pronounce, label, judge | pronounce judgment on.; "They labeled him unfit to work here" |
| ~ capacitate | make legally capable or qualify in law. |
| v. (change) | 3. qualify, restrict | 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" |
| v. (change) | 4. dispose, 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 | educate 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" |
| v. (communication) | 5. condition, qualify, specify, stipulate | 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" |
| ~ contract, undertake | enter into a contractual arrangement. |
| ~ 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" |
| v. (communication) | 6. characterise, characterize, 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 from his peers" |
| ~ stamp | reveal clearly as having a certain character.; "His playing stamps him as a Romantic" |
| v. (change) | 7. modify, qualify | add a modifier to a constituent. |
| ~ grammar | the branch of linguistics that deals with syntax and morphology (and sometimes also deals with semantics). |
| ~ add | make an addition (to); join or combine or unite with others; increase the quality, quantity, size 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" |
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