| VERB | stative | qualify, measure up | prove capable or fit |
|---|---|---|---|
| communication | qualify | pronounce fit or able | |
| change | qualify | make more specific | |
| change | qualify, dispose | make fit or prepared | |
| communication | qualify, stipulate, condition, specify | specify as a condition or requirement in a contract or agreement | |
| communication | qualify, characterize, characterise | describe or portray the character or the qualities or peculiarities of | |
| change | qualify, modify | add a modifier to a constituent |
| Sounds | kwaa'lahfay. | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | acidify ... vilify: 78 rhymes with fay... | |
| Meaning | prove capable or fit; meet requirements. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s | |
| Synonym | measure up | |
| Broader | suffice, do, answer, serve | Be sufficient |
| Spanish | calificar, habilitar, licenciarse | |
| Catalan | habilitar, llicenciar-se | |
| Nouns | qualification | an attribute that must be met or complied with and that fits a person for something |
| qualifier | a contestant who meets certain requirements and so qualifies to take part in the next stage / stage of competition | |
| qualifying | success in satisfying a test or requirement | |
| quality | a degree or grade of excellence / excellence or worth | |
| quality | high social status | |
| Meaning | pronounce fit or able. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE | |
| Narrower | capacitate | make legally capable or qualify in law |
| Broader | pronounce, label, judge | pronounce judgment on |
| Opposite | disqualify | declare unfit |
| Spanish | capacitar, cualificar, habilitar | |
| Catalan | capacitar, habilitar | |
| Nouns | qualification | an attribute that must be met or complied with and that fits a person for something |
| quality | a degree or grade of excellence / excellence or worth | |
| Meaning | make more specific. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Example | "qualify these remarks" | |
| Broader | modify | make less severe or harsh or extreme / extreme |
| Spanish | calificar, restringir | |
| Catalan | qualificar, restringir | |
| Nouns | qualification | the act of modifying or changing the strength of some idea |
| qualification | a statement that limits or restricts some claim | |
| quality | a characteristic property that defines the apparent individual nature of something | |
| Meaning | make fit or prepared. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE | |
| Synonym | dispose | |
| Narrower | capacitate | make capable |
| habilitate | Qualify for teaching / teaching at a university in Europe | |
| Broader | prepare, groom, train | Educate for a future role or function |
| Opposite | disqualify, unfit, indispose | make unfit or unsuitable |
| Spanish | adecuar, capacitar, cualificar | |
| Catalan | fer apropiat, qualificar | |
| Nouns | quality | a degree or grade of excellence / excellence or worth |
| Meaning | Specify as a condition or requirement in a contract or agreement; make an express demand or provision in an agreement. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s that CLAUSE | |
| Synonyms | stipulate, condition, specify | |
| Narrower | provide | Determine (what is to happen / happen in certain contingencies) , especially by including a proviso condition or stipulation |
| Broader | contract, undertake | Enter into a contractual arrangement |
| Similar to | stipulate | Give a guarantee or promise of |
| Spanish | concretar, condicionar, disponer, especificar, estipular, precisar | |
| Catalan | concretar, condicionar, especificar, estipular, precisar | |
| Nouns | qualification | an attribute that must be met or complied with and that fits a person for something |
| Meaning | describe or portray the character or the qualities or peculiarities of. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something | |
| Synonyms | characterize, characterise | |
| Narrower | distinguish, mark, differentiate | Be a distinctive feature, attribute, or trait |
| stamp | Reveal clearly as having a certain character | |
| Broader | remember, think of | Keep in mind / mind for attention or consideration |
| Spanish | calificar, caracterizar | |
| Catalan | caracteritzar, qualificar | |
| Nouns | quality | an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone |
| quality | a characteristic property that defines the apparent individual nature of something | |
| Meaning | add a modifier to a constituent. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something; Somebody ----s something with something | |
| Synonym | modify | |
| Category | grammar | The branch of linguistics that deals with syntax and morphology (and sometimes also deals with semantics) |
| Broader | add | make an addition (to) |
| Spanish | calificar, cualificar, modificar | |
| Catalan | modificar, qualificar | |
| Nouns | qualifier | a content word that qualifies the meaning / meaning of a noun or verb |
| qualifying | the grammatical relation that exists when a word qualifies the meaning / meaning of the phrase | |
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