qualify
To describe or characterize something by listing its qualities.
Other meanings
To successfully fall under some category or description by meeting requisite conditions.
To make someone competent or eligible for some position or task.
Related words
- misqualify
- overqualify
- qualifiability
- qualifiable
- subqualify
- nonqualifying
- postqualifying
- qualifyingly
- self-qualifying
- qualify out
- disqualify
- prequalify
Word history
From Middle French "qualifier" (to qualify).
Where this comes from
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