qualify

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Q0012700 (kwŏl′ə-fī′)v. qual·i·fied, qual·i·fy·ing, qual·i·fies v.tr.1. a. To make competent or eligible for an office, position, or task: Your experience qualifies you for this job.b. To declare competent or capable, as to practice a profession; certify: This diploma qualifies you to teach in public schools.c. To render deserving of a descriptor by having or enumerating certain necessary characteristics: Do the student's ongoing difficulties in class qualify his situation as a medical problem?2. a. To modify, limit, or restrict, as by listing exceptions or reservations: I would qualify my praise of his enthusiasm with a warning about rashness.b. To make less harsh or severe; moderate: I qualified my criticism to avoid offending anyone. See Synonyms at moderate.3. Grammar To modify the meaning of (a noun, for example).v.intr.1. To be or become qualified: The performance qualifies as one of the best I've ever seen.2. To reach the later stages of a selection process or contest by competing successfully in earlier rounds.

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[From French qualifier (from Old French) and from Middle English qualifien, to specify the time and place of a document's execution, both from Medieval Latin quālificāre, to attribute a quality to : Latin quālis, of such a kind; see quality + Latin -ficāre, -fy.]

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qual′i·fi′a·ble adj.

qualify

(ˈkwɒlɪˌfaɪ) vb, -fies, -fying or -fied1. to provide or be provided with the abilities or attributes necessary for a task, office, duty, etc: his degree qualifies him for the job; he qualifies for the job, but would he do it well?. 2. (tr) to make less strong, harsh, or violent; moderate or restrict3. (tr) to modify or change the strength or flavour of4. (Grammar) (tr) grammar another word for modify³5. (tr) to attribute a quality to; characterize6. (General Sporting Terms) (intr) to progress to the final stages of a competition, as by winning preliminary contests[C16: from Old French qualifier, from Medieval Latin quālificāre to characterize, from Latin quālis of what kind + facere to make] ˈqualiˌfiable adj qualificatory adj

qual•i•fy

(ˈkwɒl əˌfaɪ)

v. -fied, -fy•ing. v.t. 1. to provide with necessary skills, knowledge, credentials, etc.: The training program qualified her for the job. 2. to make less strong, general, or positive; modify or limit: to qualify an endorsement. 3. to make less violent, severe, or unpleasant; mitigate. 4. to attribute a quality to; characterize, call, or name: I can't qualify his approach as either good or bad. 5. Gram. modify (def. 2). 6. to modify or alter the flavor or strength of. 7. to certify as legally competent or entitled. v.i. 8. to be fitted or competent for something. 9. to get authority, license, power, etc., as by fulfilling required conditions. 10. to demonstrate the required ability in an initial contest. 11. to perform the actions necessary to acquire legal authority: to qualify as executor. [1525–35; < Medieval Latin quālificāre= Latin quāli(s) of what sort + -ficāre -fy] qual′i•fi`a•ble, adj. qual′i•fi•ca•to`ry (-fɪ kəˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i) adj. qual′i•fy`ing•ly, adv.

qualify

Past participle: qualified
Gerund: qualifying

Imperative
qualify
qualify

Present
I qualify
you qualify
he/she/it qualifies
we qualify
you qualify
they qualify

Preterite
I qualified
you qualified
he/she/it qualified
we qualified
you qualified
they qualified

Present Continuous
I am qualifying
you are qualifying
he/she/it is qualifying
we are qualifying
you are qualifying
they are qualifying

Present Perfect
I have qualified
you have qualified
he/she/it has qualified
we have qualified
you have qualified
they have qualified

Past Continuous
I was qualifying
you were qualifying
he/she/it was qualifying
we were qualifying
you were qualifying
they were qualifying

Past Perfect
I had qualified
you had qualified
he/she/it had qualified
we had qualified
you had qualified
they had qualified

Future
I will qualify
you will qualify
he/she/it will qualify
we will qualify
you will qualify
they will qualify

Future Perfect
I will have qualified
you will have qualified
he/she/it will have qualified
we will have qualified
you will have qualified
they will have qualified

Future Continuous
I will be qualifying
you will be qualifying
he/she/it will be qualifying
we will be qualifying
you will be qualifying
they will be qualifying

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been qualifying
you have been qualifying
he/she/it has been qualifying
we have been qualifying
you have been qualifying
they have been qualifying

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been qualifying
you will have been qualifying
he/she/it will have been qualifying
we will have been qualifying
you will have been qualifying
they will have been qualifying

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been qualifying
you had been qualifying
he/she/it had been qualifying
we had been qualifying
you had been qualifying
they had been qualifying

Conditional
I would qualify
you would qualify
he/she/it would qualify
we would qualify
you would qualify
they would qualify

Past Conditional
I would have qualified
you would have qualified
he/she/it would have qualified
we would have qualified
you would have qualified
they would have qualified

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	qualify - prove capable or fit; meet requirementsmeasure upsuffice, 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"pronounce, label, judge - pronounce judgment on; "They labeled him unfit to work here"capacitate - make legally capable or qualify in lawdisqualify - declare unfit; "She was disqualified for the Olympics because she was a professional athlete"
	3.	qualify - make more specific; "qualify these remarks"restrictmodify - 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"disposehabilitate - 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"disqualify, unfit, indispose - make unfit or unsuitable; "Your income disqualifies you"
	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"specify, stipulate, conditioncontract, undertake - enter into a contractual arrangementstipulate - 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"characterize, characterisethink 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"
	7.	qualify - add a modifier to a constituentmodifygrammar - 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"

qualify

verb1. gain qualifications, pass, graduate, be licensed, make the grade, be authorized, be certified I qualified as a doctor over 30 years ago.2. certify, equip, empower, train, ground, condition, prepare, fit, commission, ready, permit, sanction, endow, capacitate The course does not qualify you to practise as a therapist.
certify ban, prevent, disqualify, forbid, preclude, debar3. be described, count, be considered as, be named, be counted, be eligible, be characterized, be designated, be distinguished 13 percent of households qualify as poor.4. restrict, limit, reduce, vary, ease, moderate, adapt, modify, regulate, diminish, temper, soften, restrain, lessen, mitigate, abate, tone down, assuage, modulate, circumscribe I would qualify that by putting it into context.

qualify

verb1. To give authority to:accredit, authorize, commission, empower, enable, entitle, license.2. To make or become less severe or extreme:moderate, mute, soften, subdue, tame, temper, tone down.

Translations

使具有资格修饰具有资格取得资格够格

qualify

(ˈkwolifai) verb1. to cause to be or to become able or suitable for. A degree in English does not qualify you to teach English; She is too young to qualify for a place in the team. 使具有資格 使具有资格2. (with as) to show that one is suitable for a profession or job etc, especially by passing a test or examination. I hope to qualify as a doctor. 取得…資格 取得资格，够格 3. (with for) to allow, or be allowed, to take part in a competition etc, usually by reaching a satisfactory standard in an earlier test or competition. She failed to qualify for the long jump. 晉級 晋级4. (of an adjective) to describe, or add to the meaning of. In `red books', the adjective `red' qualifies the noun `books'. (形容詞)修飾 （语法术语）修饰 ˌqualifiˈcation (-fi-) noun1. (the act of gaining) a skill, achievement etc (eg an examination pass) that makes (a person) able or suitable to do a job etc. What qualifications do you need for this job? 資格 资格2. something that gives a person the right to do something. 資格證明 资格证明3. a limitation to something one has said or written. I think this is an excellent piece of work – with certain qualifications. 限定條件 限制条件ˈqualified adjective (negative unqualified) having the necessary qualification(s) to do (something). a qualified engineer. 合格的 有资格的ˈqualifying adjective in which players, teams etc attempt to qualify for a competition etc. Our team was beaten in the qualifying round. 資格賽的 使具有资格的

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