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QUALIFYING
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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:
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