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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.
to limit the strength or meaning of a statement: I'd like to qualify my criticisms of the school's failings, by adding that it's a very happy place.
1. to provide or be provided with the abilities or attributes necessary for a task, office, duty, etc: his degree qualifies him for the job; he qualifies for the job, but would he do it well?. 2. (tr) to make less strong, harsh, or violent; moderate or restrict. 3. (tr) to modify or change the strength or flavour of. 4.
Qualify definition: to provide with proper or necessary skills, knowledge, credentials, etc.; make competent. See examples of QUALIFY used in a sentence.
Definition of qualify verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
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.
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.
to provide with proper or necessary skills, knowledge, credentials, etc.; make competent: to qualify oneself for a job. make less strong or positive: to qualify an endorsement. [Gram.]to modify. mitigate. characterize, call, or name: She cannot qualify his attitude as either rational or irrational.
