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# qualifying

«qualifying» in Mova's school dictionary: **the -ing form of qualify: trying to earn a place, pass…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

verb form (present participle of qualify); adjective (a qualifying round, qualifying exam); noun (qualifying — the stage of a sport)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Qualifying is the -ing form of qualify: trying to earn a place, pass the rules or count as something. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/qualifying/#m1)

2) As an adjective, a qualifying round, race or match decides who goes through to the next stage. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/qualifying/#m2)

3) (sport) "Qualifying" can be a noun for the practice races that decide starting places, as in motor racing. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/qualifying/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In sport the qualifying stage comes before the main event: only teams that do well in qualifying go to the finals. In money, a "qualifying purchase" or "qualifying age" is one that meets the rules. In maths word problems, the qualifying numbers are the ones that meet the condition. In grammar, a qualifying word limits another word.

### examples

- She ran fast in the qualifying race and made the final. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/qualifying/#x1)
- Our school is in the qualifying round of the chess cup. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/qualifying/#x2)
- He crashed during qualifying, so he started the race last. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/qualifying/#x3)
- The qualifying age for the junior team is under 11. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/qualifying/#x4)
- Ireland are still qualifying for the World Cup. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/qualifying/#x5)
- Only qualifying entries will be judged. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/qualifying/#x6)
- Circle the qualifying numbers: those bigger than 20. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/qualifying/#x7)

### note

No e before -ing: qualify → qualifying (keep the y). "Qualifying" (the round) comes before "the finals". In everyday talk "qualifiers" means qualifying matches.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «qualifying» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/qualifying/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.