qualification
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Middle French qualification in the 1540s, which in turn derives from Medieval Latin quālificātiō. By surface analysis, qual(ify) + -ification.
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌkwɒlɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˌkwɑlɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - Rhymes: -eɪʃən
Noun edit
qualification (countable and uncountable, plural qualifications)
- The act or process of qualifying for a position, achievement etc. [from 16th c.]
- Qualification for this organization is extraordinarily difficult.
- An ability or attribute that aids someone's chances of qualifying for something; specifically, completed professional training. [from 17th c.]
- What are your qualifications for this job?
- (UK) A certificate, diploma, or degree awarded after successful completion of a course, training, or exam.
- A clause or condition which qualifies something; a modification, a limitation. [from 16th c.]
- I accept your offer, but with the following qualification.
- (obsolete) A quality or attribute. [17th–19th c.]
- 1714, Bernard Mandeville, The Fable of the Bees:
- To shew, that these Qualfications, which we all pretend to be asham'd of, are the great support of a flourishing Society has been the subject of the foregoing Poem.
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Translations edit
act or process of qualifying
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an ability or attribute that aids someone's chances of qualifying for something
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certificate, diploma, degree
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added clause or condition; a limitation
See also edit
French edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
qualification f (plural qualifications)
- qualification (all senses)
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Further reading edit
- “qualification”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.