Word: Qualify
How to pronounce: ˈkwɒlɪfaɪ
Verb
Definitions:
1. Be entitled to a particular benefit or privilege by fulfilling a necessary condition.
Example sentences: "They do not qualify for compensation payments"
2. Become officially recognized as a practitioner of a particular profession or activity by satisfying the relevant conditions or requirements, typically by undertaking a course of study and passing examinations.
Example sentences: "I've only just qualified"
3. Make (a statement or assertion) less absolute; add reservations to.
Example sentences: "She felt obliged to qualify her first short answer"
4. (of a word or phrase) attribute a quality to (another word, especially a preceding noun).
Example sentences: "Secondly, the misconduct is qualified by the word ‘serious’."
Synonyms:
prepare
fit
modify
specify
classify
characterise
categorize
characterize
restrict
certify
enable
empower
authorize
entitle
ready
condition
train
Derivations:
qualifying
qualified
qualification
qualifier
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Qualify in Other Languages...
Spanish: Calificar
German: Qualifizieren
French: Qualifier
Italian: Qualifica
Turkish: Nitelemek
