qualified
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Definition
- Adjective:
- Having the necessary skills, knowledge, or experience for a particular role or task: Describes a person who has met the required standards, often through training, education, or certification.
- Limited, modified, or conditional: Describes an agreement, approval, or statement that is not absolute or complete, but has reservations or restrictions.
- Officially recognized or certified: Describes a person or entity that holds the proper documentation or is on an official record as being competent in a specific field.
Examples of Usage
- Adjective:
- She is a highly qualified engineer with years of experience.
- The committee gave only qualified support to the proposal, citing several concerns.
- Only qualified electricians should attempt to repair the wiring.
Advanced Usage
- "to be qualified for": to have the right qualities or credentials for something.
- He is qualified for the managerial position due to his leadership skills.
- "qualified approval/success": approval or success that is not wholehearted or complete.
- The new policy met with qualified approval from the board.
Variants and Related Words
- Qualify (verb): To become eligible or competent for a role, or to modify a statement.
- She worked hard to qualify for the finals.
- Qualification (noun): A skill, achievement, or quality that makes someone suitable, or a condition that modifies something.
- His degree is his main qualification for the job.
- Unqualified (adjective): Lacking the necessary qualifications; or total and without restriction.
- He gave his unqualified support to the project.
Synonyms
- Certified: Officially recognized as possessing certain qualifications.
- Competent: Having the necessary ability or knowledge.
- Conditional: Subject to one or more conditions or requirements.
- Limited: Restricted in scope, extent, or amount.
Related Phrases
- Well-qualified: Having excellent or more than adequate qualifications.
- The company is seeking a well-qualified candidate.
- Fully qualified: Having all the necessary qualifications without any deficiencies.
- She is now a fully qualified pilot.
Adjective
- contingent on something else
- restricted in meaning; (as e.g. `man' in `a tall man')
- holding appropriate documentation and officially on record as qualified to perform a specified function or practice a specified skill
- a registered pharmacist
- a registered hospital
- limited or restricted; not absolute
- gave only qualified approval
- meeting the proper standards and requirements and training for an office or position or task
- many qualified applicants for the job