qualified

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈkwɒl.ɪ.faɪd/
• (General American, dialects of Canada) IPA^(key): /ˈkwɑ.lɪ.faɪd/, /ˈkwɑ.lə.faɪd/

  • Audio (Southern California); /ˈkwɑl.faɪd/:

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• (Canada, dialects of the US) IPA^(key): /ˈkwɒl.ɪ.faɪd/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˈkwɔl.ɪ.fɑed/
• (New Zealand) IPA^(key): /ˈkwɒl.ə.faɪd/, [ˈkwɔ̟l.ə.fɑe̯d]
• Hyphenation: qual‧i‧fied

Adjective

qualified (comparative more qualified, superlative most qualified)

1. Meeting the standards, requirements, and training for a position.
   • 1949, Manual of Navy Enlisted Manpower and Personnel Classifications and Occupational Standards, United States Bureau of Naval Personnel:

     The classification is for graduates of a class A teleman school with no significant experience and for other personnel who are not qualified for a specialized classification.

2. Restricted or limited by conditions.

   Assuming that I have all the information, my qualified opinion is that your plan will work.

   • 2025 February 27, Gwyn Topham, “Minister ‘sets path’ to allow Gatwick to open second runway”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian (UK section)‎, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC:

     Gatwick has been given a qualified green light to operate a second runway after the government “set out a path to expansion” for London’s second biggest airport.

     (Can we archive this URL?)

Antonyms

• disqualified
• non-qualified
• unqualified

Derived terms

• fully qualified domain name
• fully qualified hostname
• hyperqualified
• ill-qualified
• non-qualified
• nonqualified
• overqualified
• post-qualified
• qualified fee
• qualified immunity
• qualifiedly
• qualified majority
• qualifiedness
• qualified property
• self-qualified
• underqualified
• well-qualified

Related terms

• disqualified
• qualifier
• requalified
• unqualified

Translations

meeting requirements

Arabic: مُؤَهَّل m (muʔahhal) Armenian: որակավորված (orakavorvac) Bulgarian: квалифици́ран (bg) (kvalificíran) Catalan: qualificat Chinese: Mandarin: 合格 (zh) (hégé) Czech: kvalifikovaný (cs) Dutch: bevoegd (nl), deskundig (nl), gekwalificeerd (nl) Finnish: pätevä (fi) French: qualifié (fr) Georgian: კვალიფიცირებული (ḳvalipicirebuli), სათანადო (satanado), შესაფერისი (šesaperisi) German: qualifiziert (de) Greek: προσοντούχος (el) (prosontoúchos) Hungarian: képzett (hu), képesített (hu), kvalifikált (hu) Irish: cáilithe Japanese: 合格の (ja) (gōkaku no), 有資格の (ja) (yūshikaku no aru) Khiamniungan Naga: thǖkhū Malay: layak (ms) Maori: māraurau Polish: wykwalifikowany (pl) Portuguese: qualificado (pt) Romanian: calificat (ro), competent (ro) Russian: квалифици́рованный (ru) (kvalificírovannyj) Scottish Gaelic: ionnsaichte, uidheamaichte Spanish: calificado (es), (sport) clasificado (es) Swedish: kvalificerad (sv), yrkeskunnig Turkish: kalifiye (tr) Welsh: cymwys (cy)

restricted or limited

Bulgarian: ограничен (bg) (ograničen) German: eingeschränkt (de) Hungarian: fenntartások mellett érvényes, feltételes érvényű/érvényességű, korlátozásokkal érvényes Turkish: sınırlandırılmış, sınırlı (tr), tahdit edilmiş (obsolescent)

Verb

qualified

1. simple past and past participle of qualify