Qualified
adjective
Having the necessary skills, experience or knowledge to do a particular job or activity.
She's highly qualified for the job.
Often appears as...
- highly qualified
- well qualified
adjective
Limited, restricted.
The government gave a qualified approval to the proposal.
Often appears as...
- qualified approval
- qualified support
verb
Make (statements or remarks) less absolute; add reservations to.
She felt obliged to qualify her first short answer.
Often appears as...
- qualify the statement
- qualify the answer
Usage tips
Formal
Academic
verb
Become eligible for a competition or its final rounds, by reaching a certain standard or defeating a competitor.
Brazil qualified for the World Cup finals.
Often appears as...
- qualify for the finals
- qualify for the tournament
Usage tips
Approving
adjective
Having the necessary skills, experience or knowledge to do a particular job or activity.
She's highly qualified for the job.
Often appears as...
- highly qualified
- well qualified
adjective
Limited, restricted.
The government gave a qualified approval to the proposal.
Often appears as...
- qualified approval
- qualified support
verb
Make (statements or remarks) less absolute; add reservations to.
She felt obliged to qualify her first short answer.
Often appears as...
- qualify the statement
- qualify the answer
Usage tips
Formal
Academic
verb
Become eligible for a competition or its final rounds, by reaching a certain standard or defeating a competitor.
Brazil qualified for the World Cup finals.
Often appears as...
- qualify for the finals
- qualify for the tournament
Usage tips
Approving
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/3Job Specific
Use 'qualified' to describe someone's suitability for a specific role due to their abilities.
She is qualified to teach biology.
Pro Tip 2/3Expertise Implied
'Highly qualified' implies a high level of education or expertise in a field.
He's highly qualified in urban planning.
Pro Tip 3/3Beyond Entry-Level
'Fully qualified' often means meeting all requirements beyond entry-level training or certification.
She became a fully qualified electrician last year.
Pro Tip 1/3Job Specific
Use 'qualified' to describe someone's suitability for a specific role due to their abilities.
She is qualified to teach biology.
Pro Tip 2/3Expertise Implied
'Highly qualified' implies a high level of education or expertise in a field.
He's highly qualified in urban planning.
Pro Tip 3/3Beyond Entry-Level
'Fully qualified' often means meeting all requirements beyond entry-level training or certification.
She became a fully qualified electrician last year.
Pro Tip 1/3Job Specific
Use 'qualified' to describe someone's suitability for a specific role due to their abilities.
She is qualified to teach biology.
Pro Tip 2/3Expertise Implied
'Highly qualified' implies a high level of education or expertise in a field.
He's highly qualified in urban planning.
Pro Tip 3/3Beyond Entry-Level
'Fully qualified' often means meeting all requirements beyond entry-level training or certification.
She became a fully qualified electrician last year.
Never forget "Qualified"
Humans forget easily. That's why you should download WordUp: Smart reminders, word games, AI practice, and much more!
Video examples
Your body language may...
And this is really important in the MBA classroom, because participation counts for half the grade. So business schools have been struggling with this gender grade gap. You get these equally qualified women and men coming in and then you get these differences in grades, and it seems to be partly attributable to participation.
Video examples
Your body language...
the extent to which the students were participating and how well they were participating and this is really important in the MBA classroom because participation counts for half a grade so business schools have been struggling with its gender grade gap you get these equally qualified women and men coming
Video examples
What did democracy...
But today the word has such positive associations, that vastly different regimes claim to embody it. At the same time, some share Plato's skepticism about the wisdom of crowds. Many modern democracies reconcile this conflict by having citizens elect those they consider qualified
Video examples
Thinking your way out of...
new role like the highly qualified administrator who couldn't believe they gave her the job once she got there she found out the hiring committee had come directly from a wine function she said AHA they were drunk or maybe you've said if I can do it how hard can it be I
Video examples
Can you solve the giant...
all of the titans of the spider world are here, and at first, no one even notices itsy-bitsy you. But after wowing the crowd with your web design and sticking it to the competition in the long-distance sling, you’ve qualified for the finals.
Video examples
Recruiting Women for...
i want to sit in a seat that has never been held by a woman never you know and i feel that i'm qualified to do that and i was intrigued by that and supported her um if i could just give a quick overview of what we have now in congress
Video examples
Militant atheism PIPE...
If I'm right, this means that high office in the greatest country in the world is barred to the very people best qualified to hold it -- the intelligentsia -- unless they are prepared to lie about their beliefs.
Video examples
Billy Graham:...
He didn't have a doctor's degree, because he said nobody was qualified to give him one. But he made this statement. He said, "It's easier to denature plutonium than to denature the evil spirit of man."
Video examples
How to Discover Your...
lived the life walked the walk in these very high heels -- and therefore is qualified to testify in the church and in the court of law that it does, in fact, get greater later.
Video examples
A Big Cat Wild Kill & a...
with his unrivaled knowledge of these remote regions Nisar is ideally qualified to lead a team of mountain survival experts and deliver aid directly to those most in need
Video examples
Your body language may...
And this is really important in the MBA classroom, because participation counts for half the grade. So business schools have been struggling with this gender grade gap. You get these equally qualified women and men coming in and then you get these differences in grades, and it seems to be partly attributable to participation.
Video examples
Your body language...
the extent to which the students were participating and how well they were participating and this is really important in the MBA classroom because participation counts for half a grade so business schools have been struggling with its gender grade gap you get these equally qualified women and men coming
Video examples
What did democracy...
But today the word has such positive associations, that vastly different regimes claim to embody it. At the same time, some share Plato's skepticism about the wisdom of crowds. Many modern democracies reconcile this conflict by having citizens elect those they consider qualified
Video examples
Thinking your way out of...
new role like the highly qualified administrator who couldn't believe they gave her the job once she got there she found out the hiring committee had come directly from a wine function she said AHA they were drunk or maybe you've said if I can do it how hard can it be I
Video examples
Can you solve the giant...
all of the titans of the spider world are here, and at first, no one even notices itsy-bitsy you. But after wowing the crowd with your web design and sticking it to the competition in the long-distance sling, you’ve qualified for the finals.
Video examples
Recruiting Women for...
i want to sit in a seat that has never been held by a woman never you know and i feel that i'm qualified to do that and i was intrigued by that and supported her um if i could just give a quick overview of what we have now in congress
Video examples
Militant atheism PIPE...
If I'm right, this means that high office in the greatest country in the world is barred to the very people best qualified to hold it -- the intelligentsia -- unless they are prepared to lie about their beliefs.
Video examples
Billy Graham:...
He didn't have a doctor's degree, because he said nobody was qualified to give him one. But he made this statement. He said, "It's easier to denature plutonium than to denature the evil spirit of man."
Video examples
How to Discover Your...
lived the life walked the walk in these very high heels -- and therefore is qualified to testify in the church and in the court of law that it does, in fact, get greater later.
Video examples
A Big Cat Wild Kill & a...
with his unrivaled knowledge of these remote regions Nisar is ideally qualified to lead a team of mountain survival experts and deliver aid directly to those most in need
Example 1 of 10
Quote examples
Keir Starmer
British Politician
For some people, work is the only safe haven from abuse. So all employers in businesses big and small, whether in the public or private sector, should be encouraged to create safe spaces at work where staff suffering domestic abuse can talk to an appropriately qualified person who can provide advice and offer support.
Quote examples
Sonny Bono
American Musician
What is qualified? What have I been qualified for in my life? I haven't been qualified to be a mayor. I'm not qualified to be a songwriter. I'm not qualified to be a TV producer. I'm not qualified to be a successful businessman. And so, I don't know what qualified means.
Quote examples
Karen Finerman
American Businesswoman
I've seen women afraid to stretch for things. They avoid opportunities they don't feel qualified for yet. Instead, they should grab risky opportunities that will force them to grow on the job and learn to do it.
Quote examples
Liz Parrish
American Scientist
It is important that we work toward a better future. You can make a difference. Don't listen to people who say you are unqualified, you can start a change and see it through.
Quote examples
Frank Lloyd Wright
American Architect
Organic buildings are the strength and lightness of the spiders' spinning, buildings qualified by light, bred by native character to environment, married to the ground.
Quote examples
Vanessa Diffenbaugh
American Author
We were pressured to accept kids we were not qualified to handle. And we do that to people all the time, which is why we don't have enough foster parents.
Quote examples
Tony Benn
English Politician
I see myself as an old man and an unqualified teacher to the nation. I think being a teacher is probably the most important thing you can be in politics.
Quote examples
John Bishop
British Comedian
As a child I qualified for free school meals, so I know I would have been in one of the families that needed help to gain access to a laptop.
Quote examples
Amy Hood
American Businesswoman
Every job I took, I was deeply uncomfortable in terms of feeling unqualified. Every step, every risk I took, built confidence.
Quote examples
Noel Coward
English Playwright
I love criticism just so long as it's unqualified praise.
Quote examples
Keir Starmer
British Politician
For some people, work is the only safe haven from abuse. So all employers in businesses big and small, whether in the public or private sector, should be encouraged to create safe spaces at work where staff suffering domestic abuse can talk to an appropriately qualified person who can provide advice and offer support.
Quote examples
Sonny Bono
American Musician
What is qualified? What have I been qualified for in my life? I haven't been qualified to be a mayor. I'm not qualified to be a songwriter. I'm not qualified to be a TV producer. I'm not qualified to be a successful businessman. And so, I don't know what qualified means.
Quote examples
Karen Finerman
American Businesswoman
I've seen women afraid to stretch for things. They avoid opportunities they don't feel qualified for yet. Instead, they should grab risky opportunities that will force them to grow on the job and learn to do it.
Quote examples
Liz Parrish
American Scientist
It is important that we work toward a better future. You can make a difference. Don't listen to people who say you are unqualified, you can start a change and see it through.
Quote examples
Frank Lloyd Wright
American Architect
Organic buildings are the strength and lightness of the spiders' spinning, buildings qualified by light, bred by native character to environment, married to the ground.
Quote examples
Vanessa Diffenbaugh
American Author
We were pressured to accept kids we were not qualified to handle. And we do that to people all the time, which is why we don't have enough foster parents.
Quote examples
Tony Benn
English Politician
I see myself as an old man and an unqualified teacher to the nation. I think being a teacher is probably the most important thing you can be in politics.
Quote examples
John Bishop
British Comedian
As a child I qualified for free school meals, so I know I would have been in one of the families that needed help to gain access to a laptop.
Quote examples
Amy Hood
American Businesswoman
Every job I took, I was deeply uncomfortable in terms of feeling unqualified. Every step, every risk I took, built confidence.
Quote examples
Noel Coward
English Playwright
I love criticism just so long as it's unqualified praise.
Example 1 of 10
WordUp Chrome Extension
As you browse the web instantly look up words you don’t know.
Get Chrome Extension