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"
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"
- Make fit or prepared.
- usage: "Your education qualifies you for this job"
- 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"
- 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.
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