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qualification

qualification

24 4.1
A condition added to a statement to limit its meaning
  • noun
  • /ˌkwɑːlɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/
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  • 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.

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Examples

  • That you made it down the drive is qualification enough.

  • There is another thing that needs to be said, and this is a qualification that she makes.

  • I can say without qualification...

  • 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?

  • 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?"

  • 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

condition
vsqualification
  • Formal
878 3.2

A rule that must be met for an agreement or offer to be accepted

focuses on limiting or changing a previous claim rather than setting prerequisites
proviso
vsqualification
  • Formal
7 8.4

A condition written in a legal document that limits or allows something

is a general limiting statement that modifies a prior assertion

How Much

to eat one's words
  • Informal
6.6
to take back
61 3.5
to apologize for
  • US
484 1.8
qualification
24 4.1
to stand your ground
  • Informal
25 5.7

Surface Forms

qualification singular

Morphology

qualification = qualify (transparent) = qualify + ation

A standard nominalization of the verb 'qualify' meaning 'to limit or modify', yielding the noun 'a limiting or modifying statement'.

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.