qualify

Từ điển American Heritage Dictionary 4th

qual·i·fy (kwŏlʹə-fī')v. qual·i·fied, qual·i·fy·ing, qual·i·fiesv. tr.
1. To describe by enumerating the characteristics or qualities of; characterize.
2. To make competent or eligible for an office, position, or task.
3.
a. To declare competent or capable; certify.
b. To make legally capable; license.
4. To modify, limit, or restrict, as by giving exceptions.
5. To make less harsh or severe; moderate. See Synonyms at moderate.
6. Grammar. To modify the meaning of (a noun, for example).v. intr.
1. To be or become qualified.
2. To reach the later stages of a selection process or contest by competing successfully in earlier rounds. [From French qualifier(from Old French), and from Middle English qualifien, to specify the time and place of a document's execution both from Medieval Latin quālificāre, to attribute a quality to : Latin quālis, of such a kind; see quality + Latin -ficāre, -fy.] qualʹi·fi'a·ble adj.

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  modify, characterize, characterise, stipulate, condition, specify, dispose, restrict, measure up
• Từ trái nghĩa / Antonyms:
  disqualify, unfit, indispose