qualify
verb (used with object)
to provide with proper or necessary skills, knowledge, credentials, etc.; make competent.
has qualified
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present perfectof qualify (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Never before has a World Cup host -- the US is sharing responsibilities with Mexico and Canada -- been at war with a nation that has qualified.
From Barron's ● Jun. 14, 2026
This is only the second time Iraq has qualified for the World Cup - the first was in 1986.
From BBC ● Jun. 7, 2026
As he angrily complained to anyone who so much as said “good morning” to him this week, a second “Dan Sullivan,” about whom very little is known, has qualified for the Alaska primary ballot.
From Slate ● Jun. 6, 2026
And the announcement that the 41-year-old slopes queen has qualified for the Milano Cortina Olympics in February isn’t the last of it.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 23, 2025
At 15, this youngster from Brooklyn has become the youngest international grand master in chess and has qualified for next year’s tournament to decide who shall meet Mikhail Botvinnik for the world’s chess championship.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
