qualify /kwolˈi-fī/

1. To take the necessary steps to fit oneself for a certain position, activity or practice
2. To fulfil a requirement
3. To have the necessary qualities or qualifications
4. To be eligible (for a final round, etc) after successfully completing one or more qualifying rounds

1. To ascribe a quality to
2. To characterize
3. To add a quality to the connotation of (a word) (grammar)
4. To render capable or suitable
5. To provide with legal power
6. To limit by modifications
7. To moderate, mitigate
8. To appease
9. To abate, reduce the strength of
10. To vary
11. To prove, confirm (Scots law)

qualˈifiable /-fī-ə-bl/ adjective

qualification /-fi-kāˈshən/ noun

1. Qualifying
2. Distinctive quality
3. Modification
4. Restriction
5. That which qualifies
6. A quality that fits a person for a task, etc
7. A certificate gained, examination passed, etc indicating a level of competence
8. A necessary condition
9. An accomplishment (obsolete)
10. The attaching of quality to, or the distinction of affirmative and negative in, a term (logic)

qualˈificātive adjective and noun

qualˈificātor noun (RC)

A person who examines and prepares ecclesiastical cases for trial

qualˈificātory adjective

qualˈified /-fīd/ adjective

1. Fitted, competent, having the necessary qualification
2. Modified
3. Limited

qualˈifiedly /-fīd-li/ adverb

qualˈifier /-fī-ər/ noun

• purpresture
• purprestures
• Purpura
• Purpuras
• purpure
• purpureal
• purpures
• purpuric
• purpurin
• purpurins
• purpy
• purr
• purred
• purring
• purringly
• purrings
• purrs
• purs
• pur sang
• purse
• purse-bearer
• purse-bearers
• pursed
• purseful
• pursefuls