qualify — OET

qualify

verb

1 you may qualify for free prescriptions:

be eligible, meet the requirements;

be entitled to, be allowed, be permitted.

2 to qualify as tourists they are required to carry at least the equivalent of $1500 in spending money:

count, be counted, be considered, be designated, be characterizable, be eligible;

meet the requirements of.

3 she qualified as a doctor:

gain qualifications, gain certification, be certified, be licensed, be authorized;

pass, graduate, make the grade, succeed, get through, come through with flying colours, pass muster.

4 the students had taken a course which qualified them to teach children:

authorize, allow, permit, license, empower, fit, equip, prepare, arm, make ready, train, upskill, educate, coach, teach.

▷antonyms disqualify.

5 the authors later qualified their findings:

modify, limit, make conditional, restrict, add reservations to, add to, make additions to, add a rider to;

moderate, temper, soften, tone down, modulate, mitigate, reduce, lessen, decrease, diminish, lower, abate.

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