qualify

IPA: kwˈɑɫʌfaɪ

To describe or characterize something by listing its qualities.
To make someone, or to become competent or eligible for some position or task.
To certify or license someone for something.
To modify, limit, restrict or moderate something; especially to add conditions or requirements for an assertion to be true.
(now rare) To mitigate, alleviate (something); to make less disagreeable.
To compete successfully in some stage of a competition and become eligible for the next stage.
To give individual quality to; to modulate; to vary; to regulate.
(juggling) To throw and catch each object at least twice.

Examples of "qualify" in Sentences

After this win I feel it is realistic for us to qualify from the group.
All you have to do to qualify is provide Ancestry. com with a valid email address.
Since when does a PhD in English qualify you to speak with authority on scientific issues…
Three teams qualify from the region for the 2010 World Cup, and the No. 4 team meets the fifth-place team from South America for another berth.
In the end, this tax system is referred to as “regressive” by opponents because it further widens the gap in qualify of life between the wealthy and the middle class.
You do know that government creating policy and requirements for mortgage companies to lend to consumers who would not normally qualify is the reason for the housing crisis, right?
A Tax deduction, on the other hand, which we ALL get to claim on our federal tax forms if we give enough charity to qualify, is subtracted on our tax return from the income we made.
Since when does a PhD in English qualify you to speak with authority on scientific issues - especially when you choose to ignore that science in deference to political pseudoscience aimed at the literal masses?
They will shake their heads when they tell you about the numbers game America ran on them: how when it serves its domineering interests to keep a race of people in captivity, all it takes to qualify is a mythical one drop of blood.