## Meanings
1. To reach the necessary standard or pass the tests to do a job or take part in something.
2. To meet the conditions needed to be included in or to receive something.
3. To add a condition or detail that limits or changes what was said.

## Examples
- She qualified as a doctor last year.
- You qualify for a discount if you book early.
- He qualified his statement by adding that he wasn't certain.

## Antonyms
- disqualify
- unqualify

## Derived Forms
- disqualify
- misqualify
- nonqualifying
- outqualify
- overqualify
- postqualifying
- prequalify
- qualifiability
- qualifiable
- qualified
- qualifier
- qualifying

## Related Forms
- disqualification
- disqualified
- disqualifier
- disqualifying
- dnq
- dq
- dsq
- non-qualified
- prequalification
- prequalified
- prequalifier
- prequalifying

## Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French qualifier (“to qualify”). Equivalent to quality + -fy.

## AI Etymology
Qualify was borrowed from Middle French qualifier (“to qualify”). Equivalent to quality + -fy. In present-day English it covers to reach the necessary standard or pass the tests to do a job or take part in something, to meet the conditions needed to be included in or to receive something, and to add a condition or detail that limits or changes what was said. The wider family includes derived forms such as disqualify, misqualify, nonqualifying, outqualify, overqualify and related forms such as disqualification, disqualified, disqualifier, disqualifying.

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