Words / A2

KWOL-if-yd/ˈkwɒlɪfaɪd/

Qualified means you have passed the exams or training for a job: a qualified teacher, a qualified electrician, fully qualified. Qualify is the verb; qualification is the certificate or exam. Experienced means you have done the job for a long time — you can be experienced without being qualified, or the opposite. Do not write quality (how good something is) for qualified.

Meaning

Having passed exams or training for a job.

Examples

• “She is a qualified nurse at the local hospital.”
• “Only a qualified instructor may teach this course.”
• “He became a qualified chef after two years at college.”

Good to know

a qualified teacher / nurse. Verb: qualify. Paper: qualification. Mix-up: quality.

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