Meaning

10 senses
  1. (transitive)To describe or characterize something by listing its qualities.

    квалифици́роватьkvalificírovatʹ

    describe or portray the character or the qualities or peculiarities of

  2. (intransitive)To successfully fall under some category or description by meeting requisite conditions.

  3. (transitive)To make someone competent or eligible for some position or task.

    make more specific

  4. (intransitive, reflexive)To become competent or eligible for some position or task.

    qualifizieren, sich qualifizieren

    гото́витьgotóvitʹ

  5. (transitive)To certify or license someone for something.

    qualifizieren

    аттестова́тьattestovátʹ

  6. (transitive)To modify, limit, restrict or moderate something; especially to add conditions or requirements for an assertion to be true.

    уточня́тьutočnjátʹ, ограни́чиватьograníčivatʹ

  7. (intransitive)To compete successfully in some stage of a competition and become eligible for the next stage.

    квалифицироватьсяkvalificirovatʹsja

  8. (transitive)To give individual quality to; to modulate; to vary; to regulate.

  9. (transitive)To throw and catch each object at least twice.

    to qualify seven balls you need at least fourteen catches

  10. (archaic, transitive)To mitigate, alleviate (something); to make less disagreeable.

Examples

222 sentences
  1. Tom is more qualified than Mary.

    Том більш кваліфікований, ніж Мері.

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  2. There is an urgent need for qualified teachers.

    Існує термінова потреба у кваліфікованих викладачах.

    deEs besteht dringender Bedarf an qualifizierten Lehrern.

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  3. She is qualified as a nurse.

    deSie hat eine Pflegerinnenausbildung.

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  4. Tom is qualified for this job.

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  5. I'm about as qualified as Tom.

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Translations

5 languages
Русский
By meaning 5
to describe or characterize something by listing its qualities:
to make someone, or to become competent or eligible for some position or task:
to certify or license someone for something:
to modify, limit, restrict or moderate something:
to compete successfully in some stage of a competition and become eligible for the next stage:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to make someone, or to become competent or eligible for some position or task:

Origin

Borrowed from Middle French qualifier (“to qualify”). Equivalent to quality + -fy.

Borrowed from Middle French qualifier (“to qualify”). Equivalent to quality + -fy.

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Forms

qualifies, qualifying, qualified, qualified
Base formqualify · to qualify
3rd person singularqualifies
Present participlequalifying
Past simplequalified
Past participlequalified

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyqualify
he, she, itqualifies

Past simpleLesson

all personsqualified

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave qualified
he, she, ithas qualified

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill qualify

Synonyms

8 synonyms
Close in meaning

Antonyms

2 antonyms

Word family

33 related words

Collocations

7 patterns
  • qualified for the
  • qualified to do
  • is qualified for
  • is qualified to
  • more qualified
  • is more qualified
  • qualified for that

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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