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QUALIFYING

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Success in satisfying a test or requirement

Example:

he got a pass in introductory chemistry

Synonyms:

pass; passing; qualifying

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("qualifying" is a kind of...):

success (an attainment that is successful)

Derivation:

qualify (prove capable or fit; meet requirements)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The grammatical relation that exists when a word qualifies the meaning of the phrase

Synonyms:

limiting; modification; qualifying

Classified under:

Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas

Hypernyms ("qualifying" is a kind of...):

grammatical relation (a linguistic relation established by grammar)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "qualifying"):

restrictiveness (a grammatical qualification that makes the meaning more specific ('red hat' has a more specific meaning than 'hat'))

apposition (a grammatical relation between a word and a noun phrase that follows)

Derivation:

qualify (add a modifier to a constituent)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

-ing form of the verb qualify

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