'Qualified' definitions:
Definition of 'qualified'
From: WordNet
adjective
Meeting the proper standards and requirements and training for an office or position or task; "many qualified applicants for the job" [ant: unqualified]
adjective
Limited or restricted; not absolute; "gave only qualified approval" [ant: unqualified]
adjective
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, qualified]
adjective
Restricted in meaning; (as e.g. `man' in `a tall man') [syn: restricted, qualified]
adjective
Definition of 'Qualified'
From: GCIDE
- Qualified \Qual"i*fied\, a.
- 1. Fitted by accomplishments or endowments. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Modified; limited; as, a qualified statement. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Qualified'
From: GCIDE
- 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.]
- 1. 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. [1913 Webster]
- He had qualified himself for municipal office by taking the oaths to the sovereigns in possession. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To give individual quality to; to modulate; to vary; to regulate. [1913 Webster]
- It hath no larynx . . . to qualify the sound. --Sir T. Browne. [1913 Webster]
- 3. 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. [1913 Webster]
- 4. Hence, to soften; to abate; to diminish; to assuage; to reduce the strength of, as liquors. [1913 Webster]
- I do not seek to quench your love's hot fire, But qualify the fire's extreme rage. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 5. To soothe; to cure; -- said of persons. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- In short space he has them qualified. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: To fit; equip; prepare; adapt; capacitate; enable; modify; soften; restrict; restrain; temper. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'qualified'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- a propos,
- able,
- acceptable,
- accomplished,
- ad rem,
- adapted,
- adept,
- adjusted,
- admissible,
- altered,
- applicable,
- apposite,
- appropriate,
- apropos,
- apt,
- au fait,
- becoming,
- befitting,
- better,
- bound,
- bounded,
- boxed in,
- capable,
- changeable,
- changed,
- checked out,
- circumscribed,
- competent,
- conditional,
- conditioned,
- confined,
- contingent,
- converted,
- copyrighted,
- cramped,
- definite,
- degenerate,
- deserved,
- desirable,
- determined,
- deviant,
- disciplined,
- divergent,
- dovetailing,
- earned,
- efficient,
- eligible,
- enfranchised,
- entitled,
- equal to,
- equipped,
- experienced,
- expert,
- felicitous,
- finite,
- fit,
- fitted,
- fitted for,
- fitting,
- fixed,
- geared,
- good,
- happy,
- hedged,
- hedged about,
- hedged in,
- hemmed in,
- icebound,
- improved,
- instructed,
- journeyman,
- just right,
- justified,
- knowledgeable,
- landlocked,
- leavened,
- likely,
- limited,
- merited,
- meshing,
- metamorphosed,
- metastasized,
- mitigated,
- moderated,
- modified,
- modulated,
- mutant,
- narrow,
- on the button,
- opportune,
- partial,
- pat,
- patented,
- prepared,
- prescribed,
- proficient,
- proper,
- proscribed,
- proved,
- provisional,
- ready,
- rebuilt,
- reformed,
- relevant,
- renewed,
- reserved,
- restricted,
- revived,
- revolutionary,
- right,
- seasonable,
- seasoned,
- skilled,
- snowbound,
- softened,
- sortable,
- stinted,
- strait,
- straitened,
- subversive,
- suitable,
- suited,
- suiting,
- tailored,
- talented,
- tempered,
- tested,
- to the point,
- to the purpose,
- trained,
- transformed,
- translated,
- transmuted,
- tried,
- unmitigated,
- up to,
- up to snuff,
- warranted,
- well-earned,
- well-fitted,
- well-informed,
- well-qualified,
- well-suited,
- wicked,
- windbound,
- with voice,
- with vote,
- worse,
- worthy