qualify
qualify Lexical Profile
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• verb
To be entitled to a particular benefit or privilege by fulfilling a necessary condition.
"Families with low incomes may qualify for financial assistance from the state."
To become officially recognized as a practitioner of a particular profession or activity by passing an examination or completing a course of training.
"After years of rigorous study, she finally qualified as a commercial pilot."
To win a preliminary game or reach a required standard in order to advance to the next stage of a competition.
"The national team managed to qualify for the finals after a dramatic victory."
To make a statement or assertion less absolute by adding reservations or conditions.
"The professor had to qualify her initial hypothesis after reviewing the new experimental data."
To attribute a quality to or limit the meaning of another word (in grammar, of an adjective or adverb).
"In the phrase 'bright sun,' the adjective serves to qualify the noun."
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Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed in the 16th century from Middle French qualifier, from Medieval Latin qualificare ('to attribute a quality to'), formed from Latin qualis ('of what kind') and facere ('to make').