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qualify.

To describe or characterize something by listing its qualities.

7 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

verb/ˈkwɒl.ɪ.faɪ/Received-Pronunciation/ˈkwɑ.lɪ.faɪ/General-American, dialectal/ˈkwɑ.lə.faɪ/General-American, dialectal/ˈkwɒl.ɪ.faɪ/Canada, dialectal
  1. To describe or characterize something by listing its qualities.

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

    intransitive
  3. To make someone competent or eligible for some position or task.

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

    intransitive · reflexive
  5. To certify or license someone for something.

    transitive
  6. To modify, limit, restrict or moderate something; especially to add conditions or requirements for an assertion to be true.

    transitive
  7. To mitigate, alleviate (something); to make less disagreeable.

    archaic · transitive
  8. To compete successfully in some stage of a competition and become eligible for the next stage.

    intransitive
  9. To give individual quality to; to modulate; to vary; to regulate.

    transitive
  10. To throw and catch each object at least twice.

    transitive
    to qualify seven balls you need at least fourteen catches
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Middle French qualifier (“to qualify”). Equivalent to quality + -fy.

noun/ˈkwɒl.ɪ.faɪ/Received-Pronunciation/ˈkwɑ.lɪ.faɪ/General-American, dialectal/ˈkwɑ.lə.faɪ/General-American, dialectal/ˈkwɒl.ɪ.faɪ/Canada, dialectal
  1. An instance of throwing and catching each prop at least twice.

Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Middle French qualifier (“to qualify”). Equivalent to quality + -fy.

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