1. (v.t.)qualify to provide with necessary skills, knowledge, credentials, etc.: The training program qualified her for the job.
2. qualify to make less strong, general, or positive; modify or limit: to qualify an endorsement.
3. qualify to make less violent, severe, or unpleasant; mitigate.
4. qualify to attribute a quality to; characterize, call, or name: I can't qualify his approach as either good or bad.
5. qualify to modify or alter the flavor or strength of.
6. qualify to certify as legally competent or entitled.
7. (v.i.)qualify to be fitted or competent for something.
8. qualify to get authority, license, power, etc., as by fulfilling required conditions.
9. qualify to demonstrate the required ability in an initial contest.
10. qualify to perform the actions necessary to acquire legal authority: to qualify as executor.
Etymology: (1525–35; < ML quālificāre= L quāli(s) of what sort +-ficāre -fy)
Definition of 'qualify'
Princeton's WordNet
1. (verb)qualify, measure up prove capable or fit; meet requirements
2. (verb)qualify pronounce fit or able "She was qualified to run the marathon"; "They nurses were qualified to administer the injections"
3. (verb)qualify, restrict make more specific "qualify these remarks"
4. (verb)qualify, dispose make fit or prepared "Your education qualifies you for this job"
5. (verb)stipulate, qualify, condition, specify 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"
6. (verb)qualify, characterize, characterise 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"
7. (verb)modify, qualify add a modifier to a constituent
1. (verb)qualify to meet the requirements for Her age qualifies her for free medical treatment.; Do my kids qualify for free lunches?
2. qualify to successfully complete training He's just qualified as a lawyer.
3. qualify to win and be able to enter a competition They hope to qualify for the next round of the contest.
Definition of 'qualify'
Webster Dictionary
1. (verb)qualify to make such as is required; to give added or requisite qualities to; to fit, as for a place, office, occupation, or character; to furnish with the knowledge, skill, or other accomplishment necessary for a purpose; to make capable, as of an employment or privilege; to supply with legal power or capacity
2. (verb)qualify to give individual quality to; to modulate; to vary; to regulate
3. (verb)qualify to reduce from a general, undefined, or comprehensive form, to particular or restricted form; to modify; to limit; to restrict; to restrain; as, to qualify a statement, claim, or proposition
4. (verb)qualify hence, to soften; to abate; to diminish; to assuage; to reduce the strength of, as liquors
5. (verb)qualify to soothe; to cure; -- said of persons
6. (verb)qualify to be or become qualified; to be fit, as for an office or employment
7. (verb)qualify to obtain legal power or capacity by taking the oath, or complying with the forms required, on assuming an office
Sense: to cause to be or to become able or suitable for A degree in English does not qualify you to teach English; She is too young to qualify for a place in the team.
Definitions of qualify 
Afrikaans: bekwaam maak, kwalifiseer
Arabic: يُؤَهِّل
Bulgarian: определям
Brazilian: qualificar
Czech: kvalifikovat (se)
German: qualifizieren
Danish: kvalificere; kvalificere 
Greek: παρέχω τα προσόντα, δίνω 
Spanish: capacitar, reunir las con
Estonian: võimeliseks tegema, kõlbu
Farsi: سزاوار بودن؛ محق کردن
Finnish: pätevöidä
French: qualifier
Hebrew: לְהַסמִיך
Hindi: योग्य होना
Croatian: kvalificirati se, upasti
Hungarian: vkit vmire képesít, minős
Indonesian: membuat sesuai, memungkin
Icelandic: gera hæfan, veita réttind
Italian: qualificare, abilitare
Japanese: 資格を与える
Korean: (…으로서) 적임이다
Lithuanian: suteikti teisę, būti pasi
Latvian: būt piemērotam; iegūt tie
Malay: layak
Dutch: bevoegd maken, in aanmerk
Norwegian: kvalifisere (seg)
Polish: uprawniać, kwalifikować s
Persian: سزاوار بودن؛ محق کردن
Pashto: قيدول، محدودول، ستايل: تع
Portuguese: qualificar
Romanian: a autoriza (să)
Russian: обрести право (на что-л.)
Slovak: kvalifikovať (sa)
Slovenian: usposobiti (se)
Serbian: kvalifikovati
Swedish: kvalificera, göra behörig
Thai: เหมาะสม
Turkish: yeterlilik kazan(dır)mak,
Taiwanese: 使具有資格
Ukrainian: робити правомочним
Urdu: کسی چیز کے لۓ موزوں ہونا
Vietnamese: đủ tiêu chuẩn
Chinese: 使具有资格
