qualify
Earn the right
Qualify has two directions of meaning.
One narrows: to qualify a statement is to limit or modify it, adding conditions that restrict its scope I should qualify that—it only applies to full-time employees.
The other expands: to qualify for something is to meet requirements that grant access She qualified for the finals.
To qualify someone is to make them eligible or competent His experience qualifies him for the role.
A qualified success is partial, not complete.
Required prior condition
- requirementMandatory condition to fulfill
- criteriaStandards for judgment
- standardsAccepted levels of quality
- screeningEvaluative selection process
verification · clearance · documentation · application · admission · enrollment · acceptance · entitlement
Expressed claim or fact
- remarkSpoken comment or note
- assertionConfident statement of fact
- caveatWarning or qualification
- reservationAdvance arrangement to hold
nuance · hedge · temper · soften · moderate · mitigate · condition · stipulation
Multi-round competitive event
- championshipCompetition for top rank
- playoffsChampionship elimination series
- finalsConcluding tests or matches
- semifinalsPenultimate tournament round
heats · preliminaries · bracket · seed · wildcard · bye · rankings · cutoff
Attestation of qualification
- accreditationOfficial quality approval
- licenseFormal grant of permission
- diplomaAcademic completion document
- degreeUnit of measurement
certificate · credentialing · board · professional · registration · competency · expertise · specialization
prerequisite
Required prior condition
- requirementMandatory condition to fulfill
- criteriaStandards for judgment
- standardsAccepted levels of quality
screening · verification · clearance · documentation · application · admission · enrollment · acceptance · entitlement · authorization
statement
Expressed claim or fact
reservation · nuance · hedge · temper · soften · moderate · mitigate · condition · stipulation · proviso
tournament
Multi-round competitive event
- championshipCompetition for top rank
- playoffsChampionship elimination series
- finalsConcluding tests or matches
semifinals · heats · preliminaries · bracket · seed · wildcard · bye · rankings · cutoff · advancing
certification
Attestation of qualification
- accreditationOfficial quality approval
- licenseFormal grant of permission
- diplomaAcademic completion document
degree · certificate · credentialing · board · professional · registration · competency · expertise · specialization · training
diagnosis
Identification of illness
prognosis · therapy · treatment · remission · ailment · disorder · illness · pathology · syndrome · impairment
- racingrace, racing, race track, racetrack, lap
- competition verbscompete, rival, contend, challenge, oppose
- Judgment Wordsjudge, assess, evaluate, rate, rank
- sales tacticsupselling, cross-selling, hard sell, soft sell, high pressure
- Q wordsquack, quail, quake, quantity, quarrel
- jugglingcascade, juggling balls, juggling clubs, passing, catches
qualifydisqualify
Declare unfit to compete
fail · wash out · flunk · fall short · come up short
qualifygeneralize
Make broadly applicable
broaden · expand · widen · overgeneralize · universalize
- quality timeMeaningful interaction period
- high qualityExcellence in construction or standard
- quality of lifeGeneral life satisfaction
- quality controlMaintaining production standards
- poor qualityBelow acceptable standards
- air qualityPollution level measurement
quality, qualified, unqualified, qualification, qualities, prequalification, qualifying, disqualify, disqualified