qualifyverb
uk/ˈkwɒl.ɪ.faɪ/us/ˈkwɑː.lə.faɪ/qualify verb (FINISH TRAINING)
B2 [ I or T ] to successfully finish a training course so that you are able to do a job; to have or achieve the necessary skills, etc.:
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- He qualified as a vet last year.
- It takes three years to qualify as a social worker.
- What do you need to do to qualify as a speech therapist.
- It took her nine years to qualify as an architect.
- The course would qualify you to work abroad.
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Exams, tests & exercises
- achievement test
- AP
- cloze test
- comprehension
- entrance exam
- exercise
- flunk
- IB
- IELTS
- invigilate
- mock
- oral
- prelim
- resat
- resit
- road test
- script
- sit
- TOEFL
- trial
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qualify verb (HAVE RIGHT)
B2 [ I or T ] to have the legal right to have or do something because of the situation you are in, or to cause someone to have such a right:
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- He had to show that he had a well-founded fear of persecution on religious or political grounds to qualify as a refugee.
- Will we qualify for legal aid?
- Do you think Scotland will qualify for the European Championship finals?
- The area qualifies for designation as a site of special scientific interest.
- If you work for 16 or more hours a week, you may qualify for Working Families Tax Credit.
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Allowing and permitting
- admit of sth
- allow
- allow of sth
- allowable
- authorization
- authorize
- concession
- green
- leave
- let
- let sb/sth in
- let sb/sth out
- licence
- license
- mandate
- OK
- open the floodgates idiom
- sanction
- submit
- unlicensed
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qualify verb (GET INTO COMPETITION)
B2 [ I ] to succeed in getting into a competition:
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Succeeding, achieving and fulfilling
- accomplish
- achieve
- acquit
- actualize
- attain
- bear
- go (off) without a hitch idiom
- go places idiom
- go the whole hog idiom
- grade
- groove
- have the last laugh idiom
- kill
- rise
- sew sth up
- somewhere
- stand out
- streak ahead
- succeed
- sunset
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qualify verb (LIMIT)
[ T ] to limit the strength or meaning of a statement:
[ T ] specialized language In grammar, a word or phrase that qualifies another word or phrase limits its meaning and makes it less general:
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Limiting and restricting
- box sb in
- chain
- circumscribe
- clamp down on sth
- clampdown
- cramp
- curb
- curtail
- damage limitation
- debilitate
- delimit
- hamstring
- infringe
- localize
- muzzle
- non-proliferation
- qualification
- ration
- rationing
- stabilizer
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