'Qualifying' definitions:

Definition of 'qualifying'

From: WordNet
noun
The grammatical relation that exists when a word qualifies the meaning of the phrase [syn: modification, qualifying, limiting]
noun
Success in satisfying a test or requirement; "his future depended on his passing that test"; "he got a pass in introductory chemistry" [syn: passing, pass, qualifying] [ant: failing, flunk]

Definition of 'Qualifying'

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 'qualifying'

From: Moby Thesaurus

Words containing 'Qualifying'