qualifying

qualifying

1. present participle and gerund of qualify

• qualifying position

qualifying (plural qualifyings)

1. A qualification or added condition.
   • 1748, Samuel Richardson, Clarissa, or, the History of a Young Lady:

     No expostulations! No buts, girl! No qualifyings, I will be obeyed, I tell you; and chearfully too!

2. An examination that must be taken in order to qualify.
   • 2013, Robert Nisbet, Teachers and Scholars:

     Despite possible lore among graduate students to the contrary, most faculty members dread having to fail a student in the qualifyings.