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qualification

[ kwol-uh-fi-key-shuhn ]

noun

  1. a quality, accomplishment, etc., that fits a person for some function, office, or the like.
  2. a circumstance or condition required by law or custom for getting, having, or exercising a right, holding an office, or the like.
  3. the act of qualifying; state of being qualified. qualify.
  4. modification, limitation, or restriction:

    to endorse a plan without qualification.

    Synonyms: condition, stipulation, reservation

  5. an instance of this:

    He protected his argument with several qualifications.



qualification

/ ˌkwɒlɪfɪˈkeɪʃən /

noun

  1. an official record of achievement awarded on the successful completion of a course of training or passing of an exam
  2. an ability, quality, or attribute, esp one that fits a person to perform a particular job or task

    he has no qualifications to be a teacher

  3. a condition that modifies or limits; restriction
  4. the act of qualifying or state of being qualified
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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  • nonqual·i·fi·cation noun
  • over·quali·fi·cation noun
  • prequal·i·fi·cation noun
  • requal·i·fi·cation noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of qualification1

1535–45; < Medieval Latin quālificātiōn- (stem of quālificātiō ), equivalent to quālificāt ( us ) (past participle of quālificāre to qualify ) + -iōn- -ion
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Example Sentences

Boeing has a lot riding on this re-do, since NASA’s other partner in the Commercial Crew program, SpaceX, is now at least a year ahead in terms of its qualification program.

When the UK first set out to find an alternative to school leaving qualifications, the premise seemed perfectly reasonable.

Lead generation and qualification are all about seizing every single opportunity that comes your way.

For example, lead generation and qualification can be time-consuming.

Williams fares better according to more traditional measures — he’s a top-10 center fielder since 1901 according to both the Hall of Fame Standards and Monitor tests, which Bill James created to judge a player’s conventional Hall qualifications.

Qualification is exacting, and a majority of the teams that do qualify are from the West.

A term-limits law is a clear imposition of an added qualification.

Why should the fact of being a working mother be an automatic qualification for anything?

How do you feel about the fact that the qualification is still there?

Their marriage is squally: Cristina had been a dentist in Mexico, but her qualification means nothing in Nebraska.

While using the lustrous coverings for his works with consummate skill, there is one qualification that must not be lost sight of.

Both, however, will need a little qualification when the surrounding circumstances are carefully weighed.

We as heretofore, have been on the extreme; either no qualification at all, or a Collegiate education.

His lordship next proceeded to the ten-pound qualification clause.

In regard to the qualification of electors, he said it had been determined not to adhere to the parliamentary franchise.

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