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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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
In the past six years, he has qualified on pole three times, been second on the grid twice and third once.
From BBC ● Jun. 2, 2026
It might not even win its group now that Turkey, a top 25 team which beat the U.S. 2-1 last June, has qualified.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 7, 2026
Rigetti has qualified quantum advantage down to four things, Kulkarni said: a minimum of 1,000 qubits, a minimum of 99.9% two-qubit gate fidelity, a maximum of 15-nanosecond gate speed and some form of error correction.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 25, 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
