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Qualifying

To describe or characterize something by listing its qualities.

📖 Definitions of "Qualifying"

verb

1
To describe or characterize something by listing its qualities.
2
To make someone, or to become competent or eligible for some position or task.
3
To certify or license someone for something.
4
To modify, limit, restrict or moderate something; especially to add conditions or requirements for an assertion to be true.

noun

5 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
passverb	To change place.
relativenoun	Someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family.
modificationnoun	The result of modifying something; a new or changed form.
passingnoun	Going past.
limitingnoun	A limitation.

Words with the opposite meaning.

Word	Definition
failingnoun	weakness; defect

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
modificationnoun	The result of modifying something; a new or changed form.
relativenoun	Someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family.
passingnoun	Going past.
passverb	To change place.
limitingnoun	A limitation.
qualificationnoun	The act or process of qualifying for a position, achievement etc.
eligiblenoun	Allowed to and meeting the necessary conditions required to participate in or be chosen for something
eligibilitynoun	The state, quality, or the fact of being eligible.
approvable	Able to be confirmed or approved.
competencenoun	(uncountable) The quality or state of being competent, i.e. able or suitable for a general role.
certificateverb	To supply with a certificate, especially following certification.
licensable	Capable of, or suitable for, being licensed.
capable	Able and efficient; having the ability needed for a specific task; having the disposition to do something; permitting or being susceptible to something.
skillverb	(video games) To spend acquired points in exchange for skills.
competent	Having sufficient skill, knowledge, ability, or qualifications.
ableverb	(transitive, obsolete) To make capable; to enable.
referringnoun	The act by which somebody or something is referred; a reference.
admissibilitynoun	The state or quality of being admissible or allowable.
admissible	Capable or deserving to be admitted, accepted or allowed; allowable, permissible, acceptable.
valid	Acceptable, proper or correct; in accordance with the rules.