Qualify meaning, definition and synonyms

1. Verb

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.

2. Verb

To give individual quality to; to modulate; to vary; to regulate.

3. Verb

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. Verb

Hence, to soften; to abate; to diminish; to assuage; to reduce the strength of, as liquors.

5. Verb

To soothe; to cure; -- said of persons.

6. Verb

To be or become qualified; to be fit, as for an office or employment.

7. Verb

To obtain legal power or capacity by taking the oath, or complying with the forms required, on assuming an office.

8. Verb

To make a claim more precise and less sweeping.

To limit, refine or make a statement less absolute by adding conditions or exceptions. Do not confuse this sense with meeting a requirement or gaining a credential.

“The conclusion should be qualified because the evidence comes from one sector.”

Do not confuse this sense with meeting a requirement or gaining a credential

9. Verb

make fit or prepared; "Your education qualifies you for this job"

Vocabulary classified under Academic vocabulary