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Etymology

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Borrowed fromMiddle Frenchqualification in the 1540s, which in turn derives fromMedieval Latinquālificātiō. Bysurface analysis,qual(ify) +‎-ification.

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Noun

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qualification (countable anduncountable,pluralqualifications)

  1. The act or process ofqualifying 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 ofqualifying for something; specifically, completed professional training.[from 17th c.]
    What are yourqualifications for this job?
  3. (UK) Acertificate,diploma, ordegree awarded after successful completion of a course, training, or exam.
  4. Aclause orcondition whichqualifies something; amodification, alimitation.[from 16th c.]
    I accept your offer, but with the followingqualification.
    • 1937, Oma Stanley, “III. The Consonants”, inThe Speech of East Texas (American Speech: Reprints and Monographs; 2),New York:Columbia University Press,→DOI,→ISBN,§ 7, page63:
      Before a vowel (as inrib,brake)r is usually pronounced as a fricative consonant by all groups of speakers. But thequalification 'usually' is necessary, for the Negroes tend to weakenr after a consonant; and they omit it, as do illiterate white speakers, inthroat,throw,through.
  5. (obsolete) Aquality orattribute.[17th–19th c.]
    • 1714,Bernard Mandeville,The Fable of the Bees:
      To shew, that theseQualfications, 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

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act or process of qualifying
an ability or attribute that aids someone's chances of qualifying for something
certificate, diploma, degree
added clause or condition; a limitation

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French

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Etymology

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Inherited fromMiddle Frenchqualification, fromMedieval Latinquālificātiō.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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qualification f (pluralqualifications)

  1. qualification (all senses)

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