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- Dictionaryqualify/ˈkwɒlɪfʌɪ/
verb
- 1. be entitled to a particular benefit or privilege by fulfilling a necessary condition: "a pensioner who does not qualify for income support" Similar
- 2. become officially recognized as a practitioner of a particular profession or activity, typically by undertaking a course and passing examinations: "the training necessary to qualify as a solicitor" Similar
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QUALIFY definition: 1. to successfully finish a training course so that you are able to do a job; to have or achieve…. Learn more.
The meaning of QUALIFY is to reduce from a general to a particular or restricted form : modify. How to use qualify in a sentence.
QUALIFY meaning: 1. to successfully finish a training course so that you are able to do a job; to have or achieve…. Learn more.
Qualify definition: to provide with proper or necessary skills, knowledge, credentials, etc.; make competent. See examples of QUALIFY used in a sentence.
Make sure you know the context when using the word qualify. In one sense, it means to be right for, to measure up. In another sense, though, qualify means to change something slightly, to limit it or add a condition to it.
To qualify as something or to be qualified as something means to have all the features that are needed to be that thing.
a. To make competent or eligible for an office, position, or task: Your experience qualifies you for this job. b. To declare competent or capable, as to practice a profession; certify: This diploma qualifies you to teach in public schools. c.
to be fitted or competent for something. to get authority, license, power, etc., as by fulfilling required conditions, taking an oath, etc. Sports. to demonstrate the required ability in an initial or preliminary contest: He qualified in the trials.
verb. /ˈkwɒlɪfaɪ/ /ˈkwɑːlɪfaɪ/ Verb Forms. for job. [intransitive] to reach the standard of ability or knowledge needed to do a particular job, for example by completing a course of study or passing exams. How long does it take to qualify? qualify as something He qualified as a doctor last year.
If you qualify for something, you are allowed to do it or have it, and if something qualifies you for something, it allows you to do it or have it: To qualify for the competition, you must be over 18. His disability qualifies him for extra benefits. Opposite. disqualify.
