(qualifies, ~ing, qualified)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
When someone qualifies, they pass the examinations that they need to be able to work in a particular profession.
But when I’d qualified and started teaching it was a different story...
I qualified as a doctor from London University over 30 years ago.
VERB: V, V as/in n, also V to-inf
2.
If you ~ for something or if something qualifies you for it, you have the right to do it or have it.
To ~ for maternity leave you must have worked for the same employer for two years...
The basic course does not ~ you to practise as a therapist.
...skills that ~ foreigners for work visas.
...highly trained staff who are well qualified to give unbiased, practical advice.
VERB: V for n, V n to-inf, V n for n, V-ed, also V, V to-inf
3.
To ~ as something or to be qualified as something means to have all the features that are needed to be that thing.
13 percent of American households ~ as poor, says Mr. Mishel...
These people seem to think that reading a few books on old age qualifies them as experts.
VERB: V as n, V n as n, also V
4.
If you ~ in a competition, you are successful in one part of it and go on to the next stage.
Nottingham Forest qualified for the final by beating Tranmere on Tuesday...
Cameroon have also qualified after beating Sierra Leone.
...a World Cup ~ing match.
VERB: V for n, V, V-ing
qualifier (qualifiers)
Kenya’s Robert Kibe was the fastest qualifier for the 800 metres final.
N-COUNT
5.
If you ~ a statement, you make it less strong or less general by adding a detail or explanation to it.
I would ~ that by putting it into context.
VERB: V n
6.
see also qualified