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say it: KWAH-luh-fahy
qualify is a verb meaning "prove capable or fit; meet requirements". It carries 7 recorded senses.
prove capable or fit; meet requirements
pronounce fit or able
“She was qualified to run the marathon”
“They nurses were qualified to administer the injections”
make fit or prepared
“Your education qualifies you for this job”
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”
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”
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for qualify come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.