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Adjective qualifying has 1 sense
- qualifying - referring to or qualifying another sentence element; "relative pronoun"; "relative clause"
Antonym: absolute (indirect, via relative)
Noun qualifying has 2 senses
- modification, qualifying, limiting - the grammatical relation that exists when a word qualifies the meaning of the phrase
--1 is a kind of grammatical relation
--1 has particulars: restrictiveness; apposition
- passing, pass, qualifying - success in satisfying a test or requirement; "his future depended on his passing that test"; "he got a pass in introductory chemistry"
--2 is a kind of success
Verb qualify has 7 senses
- qualify, measure up - prove capable or fit; meet requirements
--1 is one way to suffice, do, answer, serve
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
- qualify - pronounce fit or able; "She was qualified to run the marathon"; "They nurses were qualified to administer the injections"
--2 is one way to pronounce, label, judge
Antonyms: disqualify
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE
- qualify, restrict - make more specific; "qualify these remarks"
--3 is one way to modify
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
- qualify, dispose - make fit or prepared; "Your education qualifies you for this job"
--4 is one way to prepare, groom, train
Antonyms: disqualify, unfit, indispose
Sample sentences:
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE
- stipulate, qualify, condition, specify - 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"
--5 is one way to contract, undertake
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
- qualify, characterize, characterise - 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"
--6 is one way to remember, think of
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
- modify, qualify - add a modifier to a constituent
--7 is one way to add
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s something with something
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