Qualify
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To have the needed skills or knowledge to do something.
Emma needs to pass the exam to qualify as a doctor.
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- qualify for a job
- qualify as a teacher
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To achieve something that allows you to take part in a bigger event.
Their team qualified for the World Cup.
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- qualify for a tournament
- qualify for the finals
verb
To make a statement less strong or definitive by adding conditions or exceptions.
He qualified his statement by saying that he might be able to help.
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- qualify a statement
- qualify an opinion
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In law, to process an official document so it can be legally effective.
She qualified the agreement by signing it.
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- qualify a will
- qualify a contract
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Formal
verb
To have the needed skills or knowledge to do something.
Emma needs to pass the exam to qualify as a doctor.
Often appears as...
- qualify for a job
- qualify as a teacher
verb
To achieve something that allows you to take part in a bigger event.
Their team qualified for the World Cup.
Often appears as...
- qualify for a tournament
- qualify for the finals
verb
To make a statement less strong or definitive by adding conditions or exceptions.
He qualified his statement by saying that he might be able to help.
Often appears as...
- qualify a statement
- qualify an opinion
verb
In law, to process an official document so it can be legally effective.
She qualified the agreement by signing it.
Often appears as...
- qualify a will
- qualify a contract
Usage tips
Formal
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/2Professional Milestone
Used when reaching a level of skill needed for professional recognition or licensing.
After years of study, she qualified as a lawyer.
Pro Tip 2/2Requirements Met
Emphasizes the completion of prerequisites for a job or status.
He finally qualified for the manager position.
Pro Tip 1/2Professional Milestone
Used when reaching a level of skill needed for professional recognition or licensing.
After years of study, she qualified as a lawyer.
Pro Tip 2/2Requirements Met
Emphasizes the completion of prerequisites for a job or status.
He finally qualified for the manager position.
Pro Tip 1/2Professional Milestone
Used when reaching a level of skill needed for professional recognition or licensing.
After years of study, she qualified as a lawyer.
Pro Tip 2/2Requirements Met
Emphasizes the completion of prerequisites for a job or status.
He finally qualified for the manager position.
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Your body language may...
to which the students were participating, and how well they were participating. And this is really important in the MBA classroom, because participation counts for half the grade. So business schools have been struggling with this gender grade gap. You get these equally qualified women and men coming in and then you get these differences in grades,
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Sky Caves of Nepal, Part...
that point and I was taking these photographs and I'm showing them to mark and he's like that's great you know that's cool and you know these these kind of artifacts really helped us piece this together but what we really need to find what what I want to find to really qualify to quantify everything the
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How America Fails New...
A nurse told me, "I didn't qualify for short-term disability because my pregnancy was considered a preexisting condition. We used up all of our tax returns and half of our savings during my six unpaid weeks. We just couldn't manage any longer. Physically it was hard, but emotionally it was worse.
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What did democracy...
But today the word has such positive associations, that vastly different regimes claim to embody it. At the same time, some share Plato's skepticism about the wisdom of crowds. Many modern democracies reconcile this conflict by having citizens elect those they consider qualified
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The way we think about...
I'll be labeled male. Is that the truth? My balls would say so. But what about the rest of me? And what if a woman has ovarian cancer and has to have her ovaries removed? Does she still qualify as a woman? What about other intersex people who are born without balls or ovaries
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Johanna Blakely: Lessons...
Now, the reason for this, the reason that the fashion industry doesn't have any copyright protection is because the courts decided long ago that apparel is too utilitarian to qualify for copyright protection. They didn't want a handful of designers
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Want to change the...
without barriers and without judgment. When the world asks us big questions that require big answers, we have two options. to feel so overwhelmed or unqualified, we do nothing. to start with one small act and qualify ourselves.
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Zimbabwe Safari Guides...
responsibility guiding visitors on foot to see the big five the standards are extremely high and there are no shortcuts with people like Troy examining potential new guides only the very best will qualify
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Making education more...
you don't qualify for in-state tuition in any of these 38 states because if you're an undocumented student in this country you don't qualify for federal financial aid in any
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A life of purpose PIPE Rick...
And so, you need to understand what your worldview is. The problem is most people never really think it through. They never really codify it or qualify it or quantify it,
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Your body language may...
to which the students were participating, and how well they were participating. And this is really important in the MBA classroom, because participation counts for half the grade. So business schools have been struggling with this gender grade gap. You get these equally qualified women and men coming in and then you get these differences in grades,
Video examples
Sky Caves of Nepal, Part...
that point and I was taking these photographs and I'm showing them to mark and he's like that's great you know that's cool and you know these these kind of artifacts really helped us piece this together but what we really need to find what what I want to find to really qualify to quantify everything the
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How America Fails New...
A nurse told me, "I didn't qualify for short-term disability because my pregnancy was considered a preexisting condition. We used up all of our tax returns and half of our savings during my six unpaid weeks. We just couldn't manage any longer. Physically it was hard, but emotionally it was worse.
Video examples
What did democracy...
But today the word has such positive associations, that vastly different regimes claim to embody it. At the same time, some share Plato's skepticism about the wisdom of crowds. Many modern democracies reconcile this conflict by having citizens elect those they consider qualified
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The way we think about...
I'll be labeled male. Is that the truth? My balls would say so. But what about the rest of me? And what if a woman has ovarian cancer and has to have her ovaries removed? Does she still qualify as a woman? What about other intersex people who are born without balls or ovaries
Video examples
Johanna Blakely: Lessons...
Now, the reason for this, the reason that the fashion industry doesn't have any copyright protection is because the courts decided long ago that apparel is too utilitarian to qualify for copyright protection. They didn't want a handful of designers
Video examples
Want to change the...
without barriers and without judgment. When the world asks us big questions that require big answers, we have two options. to feel so overwhelmed or unqualified, we do nothing. to start with one small act and qualify ourselves.
Video examples
Zimbabwe Safari Guides...
responsibility guiding visitors on foot to see the big five the standards are extremely high and there are no shortcuts with people like Troy examining potential new guides only the very best will qualify
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Making education more...
you don't qualify for in-state tuition in any of these 38 states because if you're an undocumented student in this country you don't qualify for federal financial aid in any
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A life of purpose PIPE Rick...
And so, you need to understand what your worldview is. The problem is most people never really think it through. They never really codify it or qualify it or quantify it,
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Alexis Denisof
American Actor
That's an important lesson for me, to not qualify my experience against somebody else's. My experience is the experience that I wanted to have, and have created for myself, but it doesn't make me any more deserving than anybody else - or less.
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Muhammad Yunus
Economist
Today, if you look at financial systems around the globe, more than half the population of the world - out of six billion people, more than three billion - do not qualify to take out a loan from a bank. This is a shame.
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Jed Mercurio
British Writer
The part of my life where my character was defined was at work because of the decisions I make and the things I do, and I guess that's what I feel qualifies me and attracts me to write the characters I do.
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Kat Von D
American Artist
I don't care how many followers you have, but if you're executing amazing makeup, and you're working day to day in the makeup world and really changing the makeup world, to me that qualifies as a pro.
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Summer Sanders
American Athlete
Boston is the cream of the crop of the marathon world. It has such history that you feel such honor just being a part of it. All the other races have pacers to get you to a Boston qualifying time.
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Brad Feld
American Businessman
Over the years, I've been involved in many business crises. I qualify this, since my crises have never involved life and death or the survival of the human race. But they are still crises.
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Jenson Button
British Athlete
When I'm on my own, I can be negative. I need my friends and family around to help pick me up if I've had a bad qualifying session. I think insecurity plagues a lot of sportspeople.
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Kent McCord
American Actor
Not only that - college doesn't particularly qualify you for the outside world. he world is changing so fast, and college is not. It should strive to be more in tune with the world.
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Frank Lloyd Wright
American Architect
Organic buildings are the strength and lightness of the spiders' spinning, buildings qualified by light, bred by native character to environment, married to the ground.
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Daniel Ricciardo
Australian Driver
Normally, if I don't qualify as well as I think I can, I seem to carry a little chip on my shoulder for the race, and that normally helps me out.
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Alexis Denisof
American Actor
That's an important lesson for me, to not qualify my experience against somebody else's. My experience is the experience that I wanted to have, and have created for myself, but it doesn't make me any more deserving than anybody else - or less.
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Muhammad Yunus
Economist
Today, if you look at financial systems around the globe, more than half the population of the world - out of six billion people, more than three billion - do not qualify to take out a loan from a bank. This is a shame.
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Jed Mercurio
British Writer
The part of my life where my character was defined was at work because of the decisions I make and the things I do, and I guess that's what I feel qualifies me and attracts me to write the characters I do.
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Kat Von D
American Artist
I don't care how many followers you have, but if you're executing amazing makeup, and you're working day to day in the makeup world and really changing the makeup world, to me that qualifies as a pro.
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Summer Sanders
American Athlete
Boston is the cream of the crop of the marathon world. It has such history that you feel such honor just being a part of it. All the other races have pacers to get you to a Boston qualifying time.
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Brad Feld
American Businessman
Over the years, I've been involved in many business crises. I qualify this, since my crises have never involved life and death or the survival of the human race. But they are still crises.
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Jenson Button
British Athlete
When I'm on my own, I can be negative. I need my friends and family around to help pick me up if I've had a bad qualifying session. I think insecurity plagues a lot of sportspeople.
Quote examples
Kent McCord
American Actor
Not only that - college doesn't particularly qualify you for the outside world. he world is changing so fast, and college is not. It should strive to be more in tune with the world.
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Frank Lloyd Wright
American Architect
Organic buildings are the strength and lightness of the spiders' spinning, buildings qualified by light, bred by native character to environment, married to the ground.
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Daniel Ricciardo
Australian Driver
Normally, if I don't qualify as well as I think I can, I seem to carry a little chip on my shoulder for the race, and that normally helps me out.
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