Meaning & Definition of Qualify in English

1. Prove capable or fit

• Meet requirements

2. Pronounce fit or able

• "She was qualified to run the marathon"

• "They nurses were qualified to administer the injections"

3. Make more specific

• "Qualify these remarks"

4. Make fit or prepared

• "Your education qualifies you for this job"

5. Specify as a condition or requirement in a contract or agreement

• Make an express demand or provision in an agreement

• "The will stipulates that she can live in the house for the rest of her life"

• "The contract stipulates the dates of the payments"

6. Describe or portray the character or the qualities or peculiarities of

• "You can characterize his behavior as that of an egotist"

• "This poem can be characterized as a lament for a dead lover"

7. Add a modifier to a constituent