qualified

B1
US /ˈkwɑ.lɪ.faɪd/ UK /ˈkwɒl.ɪ.faɪd/
adj verb Freq #5747

Meanings

  1. 1
    adj

    contingent on something else

    Our offer is qualified.

  2. 2
    adj

    restricted in meaning

    The witness qualified their statements carefully.

  3. 3
    adj

    meeting the proper standards and requirements and training for an office or position or task

    There are many qualified applicants for the job.

  4. 4
    adj

    limited or restricted

    Your ticket is qualified for zones 1-3.

  5. 5
    adj

    holding appropriate documentation and officially on record as qualified to perform a specified function or practice a specified skill

    I am qualified for a home loan.

  6. 6
    adj

    Meeting the standards, requirements, and training for a position.

    The classification is for graduates of a class A teleman school with no significant experience and for other personnel who are not qualified for a specialized classification.

  7. 7
    adj

    Restricted or limited by conditions.

    Assuming that I have all the information, my qualified opinion is that your plan will work.

  8. 8
    verb

    simple past and past participle of qualify

Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 adj · contingent on something else dependent
2 adj · restricted in meaning restricted
5 adj · holding appropriate... certified
Opposites
disqualifiednon-qualifiedunqualified
Word family
Derived forms hyperqualifiedill-qualifiednon-qualifiednonqualifiedoverqualifiedpost-qualifiedqualifiedlyqualifiednessself-qualifiedunderqualifiedwell-qualified
Related forms disqualifiedqualifierrequalifiedunqualified

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