qualified
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Adjective (5)
- meeting the proper standards and requirements and training for an office or position or task“many qualified applicants for the job”Opposite unqualifiedSimilar well-qualifiedSee also competent, eligible
- limited or restricted; not absolute“gave only qualified approval”Opposite unqualifiedSimilar limited, conditional, hedgedSee also conditional, modified
- 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”Synonyms: certifiedOpposite unregisteredSimilar registered
- restricted in meaning; (as e.g. ‘man’ in ‘a tall man’)Synonyms: restrictedOpposite unmodifiedSimilar modified
- contingent on something elseSynonyms: dependentdependantOpposite unconditionalSimilar conditional
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Translations
Adjective meeting requirements
- Spanish
- calificado
- Italian
- qualificato
- Portuguese
- qualificado
- Russian
- квалифици́рованный kvalificírovannyj
- Chinese
- 合格 hégé
- Dutch
- bevoegd
- Polish
- wykwalifikowany
- Swedish
- kvalificerad
- Greek
- αρμόδιος armódios
- Hungarian
- képzett
10 more languages
- Portuguese (PT)
- qualificado
- Chinese (Trad.)
- 合格 hégé
- Czech
- kvalifikovaný
- Estonian
- pädev
- Finnish
- pätevä
- Georgian
- სათანადო satanado
- Norwegian
- egnet
- Romanian
- calificat
- Scottish Gaelic
- ionnsaichte
- Welsh
- cymwys
The main translation for each meaning, from the langtolang.com multilingual dictionary. Each word links to its full entry there.
Webster's Dictionary (1913)
1. Fitted by accomplishments or endowments.
2. 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. Joseph 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.
Synonyms: Competent; fit; adapted. — 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.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54