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to prequalify

to prequalify

1 5.5
To check before applying that someone meets the conditions
  • verb
  • /priˈkwɑːlɪfaɪ/
translation icon : precalificar
  • Before applying for a mortgage, you should prequalify to know how much you can afford.
  • countries that prequalify

Examples

  • They are not considered "prequalified."

    Blog text (27)

  • As of August 2015, 38 medicine quality control laboratories were prequalified by WHO.

    Academic text (2016)

  • But what if a country that prequalified because it met certain criteria subsequently did not live up to the criteria?

    Academic text (1999)

  • If substantial numbers of 182 member countries would prequalify, the IMF would clearly require a big increase in its supply of funds.

    Academic text (1999)

  • The board, with input from the union, shall create a system by which candidates for hire as teachers are prequalified through hiring screening methods.

    Blog text (27)

  • I'm talking about prequalifying them, landing them on the right vehicle, giving them the proper walk-around.

    Car Dogs (2016)

  • Third, Fischer discusses the possibility of countries prequalifying for IMF loans.

    Academic text (1999)

  • The Eka Chemical system was prequalified for generating chlorine dioxide using their proprietary generator based on plant trial results.

    Academic text (1998)

  • The Norwegian Defence Logistics Organisation (NDLO) on 11 September 2012 forwarded a Request for Information to prequalified shipyards.

    Blog text (26)

  • Secretary of the Treasury Rubin, however, questioned its practicality on grounds that lenders would assume that they would be bailed out if countries were assured of IMF assistance in the event of a crisis because they prequalified.

    Academic text (1999)

Synonyms

to qualify
vsto prequalify
264 3.0

To have or give the skills and conditions needed to join

checks in advance whether requirements are met rather than making someone suitable
to prescreening
vsto prequalify
3.9

To check people or things to see if they meet rules before a final decision

focuses on proving eligibility before applying rather than deciding to go ahead

Antonyms

to disqualify
116 3.7

Make someone not allowed to take part because they broke the rules

How Thorough

to vet
164 3.9
to prequalify
1 5.5
to screen
97 3.4
check
720 1.0
to glance at
150 2.0

Surface Forms

prequalify infinitive
prequalified past
prequalified past participle
prequalifying present participle
prequalifies third person singular

Morphology

prequalify = qualify (transparent) = pre + qual + ify

The meaning is a straightforward prefixed form of 'qualify', meaning to qualify in advance.

Etymology

The word prequalify comes from pre- meaning 'before' and qualify meaning 'to meet the rules or standards'. So, to prequalify is to check ahead of time that someone or something meets the requirements.