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=== Word parts ===
{{ety-suffix|quality|ify}}

=== Pronunciation ===
* {{US}} {{IPA|/ˈkwɑ.lə.fɑɪ/}}, {{enPR|kwäʹlə-fī}}
* {{audio|en-us-qualify.ogg|US}}
* {{hyph|qual|ify}}

== Verb ==
{{verb|qualif|y}}
# {{intransitive}} If you '''qualify''' for something, you have what is needed to be allowed to get or do it.
#: ''Children must be under the age of six in order to '''qualify''' for a free meal.''
#: ''The government needs to help people who don't '''qualify''' for health insurance.''
# {{transitive}} If <math>x</math> '''qualifies''' <math>y</math> for <math>z</math>, <math>x</math> is needed to be allowed to get or do <math>z</math> and <math>y</math> has <math>x</math>.
#: ''Describe the education, training, and experience that '''qualify''' you for the job.''
# {{intransitive}} If <math>x</math> '''qualifies''' as <math>y</math>, it has what is needed to be considered <math>y</math>.
#: ''Today's game certainly '''qualifies''' as one of the best in history.''
# {{transitive}} If you '''qualify''' an idea, you add something to explain that the idea isn't always true.
#: ''This is America and competition is our way of life. Having said this, I would like to '''qualify''' the statement and suggest that we need to work together too.''
# {{transitive}} {{grammar context}} If a word or phrase '''qualifies''' another word or phrase, it limits or adds to the meaning of it.

=== Related words ===
* [[qualified]]
* [[qualification]]
* [[unqualified]]
* [[qualifier]]