qualify

If you qualify for something, you have what is needed to be allowed to get or do it.

Example: Children must be under the age of six in order to qualify for a free meal.

If x qualifies y for z, x is needed to be allowed to get or do z and y has x.

Example: Describe the education, training, and experience that qualify you for the job.

If x qualifies as y, it has what is needed to be considered y.

Example: Today's game certainly qualifies as one of the best in history.

If you qualify an idea, you add something to explain that the idea isn't always true.

Example: This is America and competition is our way of life. Having said this, I would like to qualify the statement and suggest that we need to work together too.

If a word or phrase qualifies another word or phrase, it limits or adds to the meaning of it.