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- DictionaryQual·i·fy/ˈkwäləˌfī/
verb
- 1. be entitled to a particular benefit or privilege by fulfilling a necessary condition: "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: "I've only just qualified"
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 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: She doesn't qualify for maternity leave because she hasn't been in her job long enough. To qualify for the competition you need to be over 18.
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.
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. If you want to qualify for your driver's license, remember not to drive through that final stop sign without stopping.
Synonyms for QUALIFY: modify, alter, distort, misrepresent, narrow, misstate, pervert, warp; Antonyms of QUALIFY: expand, broaden, widen, disqualify, disable, forbid, invalidate, nullify.
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.
1. to provide with necessary skills, knowledge, credentials, etc.: The training program qualified her for the job. 2. to make less strong, general, or positive; modify or limit: to qualify an endorsement. 3. to make less violent, severe, or unpleasant; mitigate.
verb (used with object) , qual·i·fied, qual·i·fy·ing. to provide with proper or necessary skills, knowledge, credentials, etc.; make competent: to qualify oneself for a job. Synonyms: equip, prepare, adapt, suit, fit.
If you qualify a statement, you make it less strong or less general by adding a detail or explanation to it.
