qualify

avere i requisiti, qualificarsi

Soddisfare le condizioni per ricevere qualcosa, partecipare a una gara o svolgere un lavoro.

In inglese semplice: To meet the conditions needed to receive something, enter a competition, or do a particular job.

• Do I qualify for a discount?
• Our team qualified for the final.
• He hopes to qualify as an electrician.

Come si usa: qualify for something (You may qualify for a free ticket.); qualify as something (She qualified as a nurse last year.); qualify to do something (Only the top teams qualify to compete in the final.)

Sinonimi: be eligible, be entitled

Espressioni comuni: qualify for something, qualify as something, qualify to compete

qualificare, abilitare

Fornire a qualcuno le capacità o i requisiti necessari per fare o ricevere qualcosa.

In inglese semplice: To give someone the skills or conditions they need to do something or receive something.

• Your income qualifies you for help.
• The course qualified her to repair engines.
• Does this degree qualify me for the job?

Come si usa: qualify someone for something (Your experience qualifies you for this job.); qualify someone to do something (This certificate qualifies you to teach swimming.)

Sinonimi: make eligible, equip

Contrari: disqualify

Espressioni comuni: qualify someone, qualify someone for something

essere considerato, contare come

Avere le caratteristiche necessarie per essere considerato una determinata cosa.

In inglese semplice: To have the features needed to be considered a particular thing.

• Does this qualify as art?
• That meal certainly qualifies as a feast.
• His behaviour qualified as a serious breach of trust.

Come si usa: qualify as something (This small room hardly qualifies as a bedroom.)

Sinonimi: count as, rank as

Espressioni comuni: qualify as something, qualify as art

precisare, limitare

Aggiungere dettagli o condizioni a un’affermazione per renderla meno generale o meno categorica.

In inglese semplice: To add details or conditions to a statement so that it is less general or certain.

• I should qualify that statement.
• He qualified his praise by mentioning several weaknesses.
• The researcher qualified her claim with a warning about the small sample.

Come si usa: qualify something with something (She qualified her agreement with several conditions.)

Sinonimi: limit, modify, restrict

Espressioni comuni: qualify a statement, qualify a claim, qualify something with something

qualificare, modificare

Aggiungere informazioni al significato di un’altra parola o espressione, oppure limitarlo.

In inglese semplice: To add to or limit the meaning of another word or phrase.

• Adjectives can qualify nouns.
• Here, 'small' qualifies 'house'.
• Which word does this adverb qualify?

Sinonimi: modify

Espressioni comuni: qualify a noun, qualify a verb

riprendere ogni oggetto due volte

Lanciare e riprendere ogni oggetto almeno due volte mentre si fa giocoleria.

In inglese semplice: To throw and catch each object at least twice while juggling.

• She can qualify five balls.
• He qualified seven rings after months of practice.
• To qualify six clubs, you need twelve catches.

Espressioni comuni: qualify seven balls, qualify five clubs