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prequalify

prequalify verb: to qualify or be qualified in advance.

Verb

prequalify (third-person singular simple present prequalifies, present participle prequalifying, simple past and past participle prequalified)

  1. (ambitransitive) To qualify or be qualified in advance.
    • Applicants receive debt and mortgage counseling, and are prequalified for mortgages.2009 January 18, Marcelle S. Fischler, “A Windfall for (Some) Buyers”, in New York Times

Forms of prequalify

third-person singular presentprequalifies
present participleprequalifying
past participleprequalified
pastprequalified

Origin of prequalify

From pre- + qualify.

Words formed from prequalify

Questions about prequalify

What does prequalify mean?
Prequalify means to qualify or be qualified in advance.
What part of speech is prequalify?
Prequalify is a verb.
What is the past tense of prequalify?
The past tense of prequalify is prequalified.

Words near prequalify in the dictionary

  1. prequalifications
  2. prequalified
  3. prequalifier
  4. prequalifiers
  5. prequalifies
  6. prequalify
  7. prequalifying
  8. prequantal
  9. prequantified
  10. prequantizable
  11. prequantization

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