qualify
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- (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 qualifies for , is needed to be allowed to get or do and has .
- Describe the education, training, and experience that qualify you for the job.
- (intransitive) If qualifies as , it has what is needed to be considered .
- 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) If a word or phrase qualifies another word or phrase, it limits or adds to the meaning of it.