qualification

Borrowed from Middle French qualification in the 1540s, which in turn derives from Medieval Latin quālificātiō. By surface analysis, qual(ify) +‎ -ification.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌkwɒlɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌkwɑlɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/

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• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

qualification (countable and uncountable, plural qualifications)

1. The act or process of qualifying for a position, achievement etc. [from 16th c.]

   Qualification for this organization is extraordinarily difficult.

2. 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?

3. (UK) A certificate, diploma, or degree awarded after successful completion of a course, training, or exam.
4. A clause or condition which qualifies something; a modification, a limitation. [from 16th c.]

   I accept your offer, but with the following qualification.

5. (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.

• disqualification
• paper qualification syndrome
• qualification problem
• self-qualification

• qualify
• certification

• clarification

• IPA^(key): /ka.li.fi.ka.sjɔ̃/

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qualification f (plural qualifications)

1. qualification (all senses)

• qualifier

• “qualification”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.