Talk:qualify

qualify someone as something

• to cause someone to fulfill the requirements for something.

Does this course qualify me as a stockbroker? She qualified herself as a realtor.

qualify someone for something

• to enable someone to meet the requirements for something.

His years with the company qualified him for pension. Does this ticket qualify me for the drawing?

qualify as something

• to fulfill the requirements to be something.

Tom qualified as a mechanic. I have been qualified as a mechanic since I was twenty.

qualify for something

• to meet the requirements for something.

I'm sorry, you do not qualify for this job. I don't qualify for it.