What is the meaning of qualifying?

noun

• The grammatical relation that exists when a word qualifies the meaning of the phrase.
  • synonyms: modification, limiting
• Success in satisfying a test or requirement.
  • usage: "his future depended on his passing that test"; "he got a pass in introductory chemistry"
  • synonyms: passing, pass

verb

• Prove capable or fit; meet requirements.
  • synonyms: qualify, measure up
• Pronounce fit or able.
  • usage: "She was qualified to run the marathon"; "They nurses were qualified to administer the injections"
  • synonyms: qualify
• Make more specific.
  • usage: "qualify these remarks"
  • synonyms: qualify, restrict
• Make fit or prepared.
  • usage: "Your education qualifies you for this job"
  • synonyms: qualify, dispose
• Specify as a condition or requirement in a contract or agreement; make an express demand or provision in an agreement.
  • usage: "The will stipulates that she can live in the house for the rest of her life"; "The contract stipulates the dates of the payments"
  • synonyms: stipulate, qualify, condition, specify
• Describe or portray the character or the qualities or peculiarities of.
  • usage: "You can characterize his behavior as that of an egotist"; "This poem can be characterized as a lament for a dead lover"
  • synonyms: qualify, characterize, characterise
• Add a modifier to a constituent.
  • synonyms: modify, qualify