QUALIFIES Synonyms: 109 Similar and Opposite Words

qualifies

verb

present tense third-person singular of qualify

as in modifies

to limit the meaning of (as a noun) qualifying the noun "adventure" in the title of your story with a descriptive adjective would make it more attention-grabbing

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as in prepares

to make competent (as by training, skill, or ability) for a particular office or function raising five children has qualified her to be an advice columnist on parenting

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as in entitles

to give a right to this coupon qualifies the bearer for an extra 15% off the discounted price

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as in enables

to give official or legal power to passing the state bar exam will qualify you to practice law

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Recent Examples of qualifies If an outlaw is also defined as someone who makes their own rules, then Shaboozey qualifies. —

Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 8 June 2026 Under Austrian law, Nickolas qualifies as an heir. —

Brian Boucher, ARTnews.com, 5 June 2026 The committee ultimately decided not to take formal action and to revisit the matter later this year, hopefully with clarity on whether the project qualifies for STAR bond funding and on whether the parties can reach an agreement on the land’s sale price. —

Sofi Zeman, Kansas City Star, 4 June 2026 Strongly supported by the American Society of Transplant Surgeons, the act also clarifies that organ donation qualifies under the Family and Medical Leave Act, giving donors protected employment status during recovery. —

Gabriel Schnickel, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 June 2026 Blakespear’s bill to expand who qualifies did not even receive a committee hearing in 2024. —

Kaitlyn Schallhorn, Oc Register, 1 June 2026 Saint Catherine’s lace also qualifies as rare and endangered, according to the California Native Plant Society. —

Pedro Moura, Los Angeles Times, 1 June 2026 Pérez called the elections in the wake of a challenging season that saw the club fail to win a major trophy for the second consecutive year, a drought that, by Real Madrid’s own lofty historical standards, qualifies as a crisis. —

Sam Leveridge, Forbes.com, 31 May 2026 However, one of the most common misconceptions surrounding hypersonic weapons is that any missile traveling faster than Mach 5 qualifies as one. —

Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 31 May 2026

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Verb

The company’s claim is that MST modifies the mechanical stress state of the silicon surface in a way that discourages dislocation nucleation and propagation during the subsequent GaN growth steps.

— Aditya Jadhav, Interesting Engineering, 8 June 2026
This bill modifies the sales-in-error regulations to create a new category for any current outstanding certificates to be automatically declared in error, meaning those sales will be reversed, tax buyers will be refunded and the process will restart under the new statute.

— Jenna Schweikert, CBS News, 1 June 2026