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qualify

//ˈkwɒl.ɪ.faɪ//

Verb

A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

Noun

A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

Note for qualify

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Forms

present (v1)
qualify
past (v2)
qualified
past participle (v3)
qualified
present participle
qualifying
3rd person singular
qualifies

Definitions

Verb

A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

  1. 1.To describe or characterize something by listing its qualities.

  2. 2.To successfully fall under some category or description by meeting requisite conditions.

    • But if it is done in conjunction with repointing of the building, the work would probably qualify as a major capital improvement.
    • Descartes's methodism with its regulative criterion leads him to explicitly deny that accidentally true belief qualifies as knowledge.
  3. 3.To make someone competent or eligible for some position or task.

  4. 4.To become competent or eligible for some position or task.

    • He had qualified himself for municipal office by taking the oaths to the sovereigns in possession.

Noun

A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

  1. 1.An instance of throwing and catching each prop at least twice.

Frequency

Overall

Uncommon· #3007

By learning goal

Everyday conversation
Rare
General reading & writing
Uncommon
Academic
Rare
Literature
Rare

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French qualifier (“to qualify”).

Equivalent to quality + -fy.

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