qualify
pronunciation
How to pronounce qualify in British English:
UK [ˈkwɒlɪfaɪ]
How to pronounce qualify in American English:
US [ˈkwɑːlɪfaɪ]
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- Verb:
- prove capable or fit; meet requirements
- pronounce fit or able
- make more specific
- make fit or prepared
- specify as a condition or requirement in a contract or agreement; make an express demand or provision in an agreement
- describe or portray the character or the qualities or peculiarities of
- add a modifier to a constituent
Word Origin
- qualify (v.)
- mid-15c., "to invest with a quality," from Middle French qualifier (15c.) and directly from Medieval Latin qualificare "attribute a quality to; make of a certain quality," from Latin qualis "of what sort?," correlative pronominal adjective (see quality) + facere "to make" (see factitious). Meaning "to limit, modify" is from 1530s. Sense of "be fit for a job" first appeared 1580s. Related: Qualified; qualifying.
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Example
- 1. However , the new figures clarify and qualify the productivity story in important ways .
- 2. Forty states are competing for this money , and many of them have changed their laws in order to qualify .
- 3. Unless the formula for calculating the fees for a loan guarantee is changed , it seems unlikely that any new plants will qualify , at a fee they can afford , in states that have deregulated their energy markets .
- 4. Still others are more likely to take a pass in states known for making it tough to apply or qualify , or for investigating applicants whose eligibility is questionable , says claire mckenna of the national employment law project .
- 5. To qualify , states had to agree to evaluate teachers by student test scores , to award bonuses to teachers based on student scores , to permit more privately managed charter schools , and to " turn around " low-performing schools by such methods as firing the staffs and closing the schools .