Crossword clues for qualified
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Qualified \Qual"i*fied\, a.
Fitted by accomplishments or endowments.
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Modified; limited; as, a qualified statement.
Qualified fee (Law), a base fee, or an estate which has a qualification annexed to it, the fee ceasing with the qualification, as a grant to A and his heirs, tenants of the manor of Dale.
Qualified indorsement (Law), an indorsement which modifies the liability of the indorser that would result from the general principles of law, but does not affect the negotiability of the instrument.
--Story.Qualified negative (Legislation), a limited veto power, by which the chief executive in a constitutional government may refuse assent to bills passed by the legislative body, which bills therefore fail to become laws unless upon a reconsideration the legislature again passes them by a certain majority specified in the constitution, when they become laws without the approval of the executive.
Qualified property (Law), that which depends on temporary possession, as that in wild animals reclaimed, or as in the case of a bailment.
Syn: Competent; fit; adapted.
Usage: Qualified, Competent. Competent is most commonly used with respect to native endowments and general ability suited to the performance of a task or duty; qualified with respect to specific acquirements and training.
Qualify \Qual"i*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Qualified; p. pr. & vb. n. Qualifying.] [F. qualifier, LL. qualificare, fr. L. qualis how constituted, as + -ficare (in comp.) to make. See Quality, and -Fy.]
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To make such as is required; to give added or requisite qualities to; to fit, as for a place, office, occupation, or character; to furnish with the knowledge, skill, or other accomplishment necessary for a purpose; to make capable, as of an employment or privilege; to supply with legal power or capacity.
He had qualified himself for municipal office by taking the oaths to the sovereigns in possession.
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To give individual quality to; to modulate; to vary; to regulate.
It hath no larynx . . . to qualify the sound.
--Sir T. Browne. To reduce from a general, undefined, or comprehensive form, to particular or restricted form; to modify; to limit; to restrict; to restrain; as, to qualify a statement, claim, or proposition.
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Hence, to soften; to abate; to diminish; to assuage; to reduce the strength of, as liquors.
I do not seek to quench your love's hot fire, But qualify the fire's extreme rage.
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To soothe; to cure; -- said of persons. [Obs.]
In short space he has them qualified.
--Spenser.Syn: To fit; equip; prepare; adapt; capacitate; enable; modify; soften; restrict; restrain; temper.
Wiktionary
1 Meeting the standards, requirements, and training for a position. 2 restricted or limited by conditions. v
(en-past of: qualify)
WordNet
adj. meeting the proper standards and requirements and training for an office or position or task; "many qualified applicants for the job" [ant: unqualified]
limited or restricted; not absolute; "gave only qualified approval" [ant: unqualified]
holding appropriate documentation and officially on record as qualified to perform a specified function or practice a specified skill; "a registered pharmacist"; "a registered hospital" [syn: certified]
restricted in meaning; (as e.g. `man' in `a tall man') [syn: restricted]
having elements or qualities mixed in proper or suitable proportions; especially made less severe; "justice moderated with mercy" [syn: moderated]
legally qualified; "a competent witness"
v. prove capable or fit; meet requirements [syn: measure up]
pronounce fit or able; "She was qualified to run the marathon"; "They nurses were qualified to administer the injections" [ant: disqualify]
make more specific; "qualify these remarks" [syn: restrict]
make fit or prepared; "Your education qualifies you for this job" [syn: dispose] [ant: disqualify]
specify as a condition or requirement in a contract or agreement; make an express demand or provision in an agreement; "The will stipulates that she can live in the house for the rest of her life"; "The contract stipulates the dates of the payments" [syn: stipulate, condition, specify]
describe or portray the character or the qualities or peculiarities of; "You can characterize his behavior as that of an egotist"; "This poem can be characterized as a lament for a dead lover" [syn: characterize, characterise]
add a modifier to a constituent [syn: modify]
[also: qualified]
See qualify
Wikipedia
Usage examples of "qualified".
Thus all the men who qualified at the census as knights were accommodated within the First Class.
It was naturally supposed, that the pious and humble monks, who had renounced the world to accomplish the work of their salvation, were the best qualified for the spiritual government of the Christians.
She accustomed her husband to consider Julian as a youth of a mild, unambitious disposition, whose allegiance and gratitude might be secured by the gift of the purple, and who was qualified to fill with honor a subordinate station, without aspiring to dispute the commands, or to shade the glories, of his sovereign and benefactor.
Those persons who, from their age, or sex, or occupations, were the least qualified to judge, who were the least exercised in the habits of abstract reasoning, aspired to contemplate the economy of the Divine Nature: and it is the boast of Tertullian, that a Christian mechanic could readily answer such questions as had perplexed the wisest of the Grecian sages.
Nor was he the sort to risk the failure of a mission by assigning anyone to command it but the person he thought best qualified to carry it out.
His Confederation Astronautics Board licence said he was qualified for both air and space operations, but it was three hundred and twenty years out of date.
His field was ballistics and firearms identification, and while he might have supplemented his findings with those from other fields, he was not qualified in spectrography, which entails expertise in physics and chemistry.
William Paley was trained in mass brainwashing techniques at the Tavistock Institute prior to being passed as qualified to head CBS.
Two years later the Marquis, wishing to engage a master of singing for his son, sent to one Nicolo, the German, at Ferrara, and this musician recommended Giovanni Brith as highly qualified to sing in the latest fashion the best songs of the Venetian style.
Here we are, qualified butler and housekeeper, and no one to buttle and housekeep for.
Let us suppose you can afford to give with your daughter ten thousand pounds, which would enable this young man to live with credit and reputation, and engage advantageously in trade, for which you say he is well qualified, the alternative then will be, whether you would rather see her in the arms of a deserving youth whom she loves, enjoying all the comforts of life with a moderate fortune, which it will always be in your own power to improve, or tied for life to a monied man whom she detests, cursing her hard fate, and despising that superfluity of wealth, in spite of which she finds herself so truly wretched.
It was the opinion of many who wished well to their country, and were properly qualified to prosecute such inquiries, that the practice of consigning such a number of wretches to the hands of the executioner, served only, by its frequency, to defeat the purpose of the law, in robbing death of all its terror, and the public of many subjects, who might, notwithstanding their delinquency, be in some measure rendered useful to society.
You can acquire many of these skills by reading the books, but to become a certified paraprofessional helper you must, of course, be observed and supervised extensively in real life situations by a qualified trainer.
Greek professorship in Harvard College, and qualified himself by travel in Europe for four years.
It may well be questioned whether there is to-day a majority of the legally qualified voters of any State except perhaps South Carolina in favor of disunion.