qualification
- noun
- /ˌkwɑːlɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/
- But that was only six dead, not enough to meet the qualification, as it were, of the look-alike competition.
- an important qualification
- an additional qualification
- an instructor qualification
And he says that the only thing that is good without qualification is the goodwill, the will to do the right thing.
- And he says that the only thing that is good without qualification is the goodwill, the will to do the right thing.
- I happen to think that the automobile with large qualifications can play a large part in our future transportation.
Examples
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That you made it down the drive is qualification enough.
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There is another thing that needs to be said, and this is a qualification that she makes.
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I can say without qualification...
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Each is also subject to a qualification that it applies "as far as possible and as appropriate."
Academic text (1992) -
Let's get back to the qualifications, right?
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Further, between 2012 and 2014, qualification for a Regulation A exemption took an average of three hundred days.
Academic text (2017) -
"Is a candidate's behavior in his relationship "relevant to his qualifications as president?"
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There is a second and more important qualification to the seeming intolerance of a religious group.
Academic text (1992) -
First, the authors were vague when describing the qualifications of the preservice teachers.
Academic text (2015) -
The report included a qualification that the data might not be fully reliable.
Synonyms
A rule that must be met for an agreement or offer to be accepted
A condition written in a legal document that limits or allows something
How Much
- Informal
- US
- Informal
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Qualification also comes from the same Latin qualis and the verb qualify, which could mean 'to give a certain quality' or 'to limit'. So a qualification can be a condition or small limit you add to a statement to change or make its meaning more exact.