qualify

verb

UK /ˈkwɒlɪfaɪ/

Word Forms

present tense
I/you/we/they	qualify
he/she/it	qualifies
present participle	qualifying
past tense	qualified
past participle	qualified

1
intransitive to become a member of a particular profession after a period of training or study
qualify as:
Andrew qualified as a teacher in 1995.
qualify in:
After qualifying in medicine, he worked for a time at City Hospital.
be qualified to do something:
At the end of the course, you will be qualified to practise law.
fully/newly/properly qualified:
a fully qualified ski instructor
Synonyms and related words
To sit, pass or fail an examination or test
bomb
dip out
fail
1. 1a
  transitive to give someone the skills that they need to become a member of a particular profession
  qualify someone to do something:
  It is the only course in the country that qualifies you to be a tabloid journalist.
  Synonyms and related words
  To teach someone something
  teach
  train
  educate
2
intransitive to have the right qualities or be in the right situation to be considered as something or to receive or do something
qualify as:
90% of the boat people did not qualify as refugees.
qualify for:
To qualify for Olympic status, a sport must be played in 50 countries and on three continents.
qualify for a discount/benefit/grant (=have the right to receive one):
You may qualify for a student grant.
be qualified to do something:
Only people over the age of 18 are qualified to vote.
Synonyms and related words
To be good enough or as good as expected
satisfy
fit in with
suit
1. 2a
  transitive to make it possible for someone to be considered as something or to receive or do something
  qualify someone for something:
  Her income was too high to qualify her for any help with child care expenses.
  qualify someone to do something:
  The fact that his grandparents were Irish qualified him to play in the Irish national team.
  Synonyms and related words
  To make something possible
  permit
  allow
  let
3
intransitive to reach a particular stage of a competition by competing successfully in an earlier stage
It would be incredible if Brazil failed to qualify.
qualify for:
What are your team’s chances of qualifying for the finals?
a qualifying match/tournament/round/tie (=one that you need to win to go on to the next stage of a competition):
Scotland’s World Cup qualifying tie against Malta
Synonyms and related words
To take part in a competition or game
play
race
meet
4
transitive linguisticsa word that qualifies another word gives more information about it. For example, in ‘the dog barked furiously’, the adverb ‘furiously’ qualifies the verb ‘barked’.
Synonyms and related words
The grammatical behaviour of words
agreement
agree with
backshift
5
transitive to add something to a statement in order to change it slightly or state the situations in which it is not true
I welcome the positive approach – perhaps I should qualify that by saying ‘the largely positive approach’ – adopted by the government.
Synonyms and related words
Ways of adding extra information
namely
incidentally
furthermore

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