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qualified

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qual·i·fied  (kwl-fd)
adj.
1. Having the appropriate qualifications for an office, position, or task.
2. Limited, restricted, or modified: a qualified plan for expansion.

quali·fiedly (-fdl, -fd-l) adv.

qualified
Adjective
1. having successfully completed a training course or passed the exams necessary in order to be entitled to work in a particular profession: a qualified lawyer
2. having the abilities, qualities, or attributes necessary to perform a particular job or task
3. having completed a training or degree course and gained the relevant certificates
4. limited or restricted; not wholehearted: the mission was only a qualified success
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.qualified - meeting the proper standards and requirements and training for an office or position or task; "many qualified applicants for the job"
competent - properly or sufficiently qualified or capable or efficient; "a competent typist"
eligible - qualified for or allowed or worthy of being chosen; "eligible to run for office"; "eligible for retirement benefits"; "an eligible bachelor"
unqualified - not meeting the proper standards and requirements and training
2.qualified - limited or restricted; not absolute; "gave only qualified approval"
conditional - imposing or depending on or containing a condition; "conditional acceptance of the terms"; "lent conditional support"; "the conditional sale will not be complete until the full purchase price is paid"
modified - changed in form or character; "their modified stand made the issue more acceptable"; "the performance of the modified aircraft was much improved"
unqualified - not limited or restricted; "an unqualified denial"
3.qualified - 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"
registered - listed or recorded officially; "record is made of `registered mail' at each point on its route to assure safe delivery"; "registered bonds"
4.qualified - restricted in meaning; (as e.g. `man' in `a tall man')
grammar - the branch of linguistics that deals with syntax and morphology (and sometimes also deals with semantics)
modified - changed in form or character; "their modified stand made the issue more acceptable"; "the performance of the modified aircraft was much improved"
5.qualified - contingent on something else
conditional - imposing or depending on or containing a condition; "conditional acceptance of the terms"; "lent conditional support"; "the conditional sale will not be complete until the full purchase price is paid"

qualified
Translations
qualified [ˈkwɔlɪfaɪd] adj (= trained) → cualificado (= fit); capacitado (= limited); limitado;
(professionally) → titulado;
qualified for/to do sth → capacitado para/para hacer algo;
he's not qualified for the job → no está capacitado para ese trabajo;
it was a qualified success → fue un éxito relativo
qualified [ˈkwɔlɪfaɪd] adj (= trained) → qualifié(e);
(professionally) → diplômé(e) (= fit, competent); compétent(e)qualifié(e) (= limited); conditionnel(le);
it was a qualified success → ce fut un succès mitigé;
qualified for/to do → qui a les diplômes requis pour/pour faire; qualifié pour/pour faire
qualified [ˈkwɔlɪfaɪd] adj (trained) (doctor etc) → qualifiziert, ausgebildet;
(limited) (agreement, praise) → bedingt;
to be/feel qualified to do sth (fit, competent) → qualifiziert sein/sich qualifiziert fühlen, etw zu tun;
it was a qualified success → es war kein voller Erfolg;
he's not qualified for the job → ihm fehlen die Qualifikationen für die Stelle
qualified [ˈkwɔlɪfaɪd] adjqualificato/a (= able); competente, qualificato/a (= limited); condizionato/a;
qualified for/to do → qualificato/a per/per fare;
he's not qualified for the job → non ha i requisiti necessari per questo lavoro;
it was a qualified success → è stato un successo parziale


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Smith, now in this neighbourhood (I have dined with him, at Hurst and Wilford), who is just come from Langford where he was a fortnight with her ladyship, and who is therefore well qualified to make the communication.
If the Mediterranean, the venerable (and sometimes atrociously ill- tempered) nurse of all navigators, was to rock my youth, the providing of the cradle necessary for that operation was entrusted by Fate to the most casual assemblage of irresponsible young men(all, however, older than myself) that, as if drunk with Provencal sunshine, frittered life away in joyous levity on the model of Balzac's "Histoire des Treize" qualified by a dash of romance DE CAPE ET D'EPEE.
The lines, however, if not by Poe, are the most successful imitation of his early mannerisms yet made public, and, in the opinion of one well qualified to speak, "are not unworthy on the whole of the parentage claimed for them.
 
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