meeting the proper standards and requirements and training for an office or position or task; many qualified applicants for the job'

limited or restricted; not absolute; gave only qualified approval'

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

[ Syn: certified ]

restricted in meaning; (as e.g. `man in `a tall man)

[ Syn: restricted ]

contingent on something else

[ Syn: dependent , dependant ]