qualification — English Dictionary

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qualification

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Noun

The act or process of qualifying for a position, achievement etc.
Usage
- Countable
- Uncountable
Examples

Qualification for this organization is extraordinarily difficult.
An ability or attribute that aids someone's chances of qualifying for something; specifically, completed professional training.
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- Countable
- Uncountable
Examples

What are your qualifications for this job?
A certificate, diploma, or degree awarded after successful completion of a course, training, or exam.
Usage
- UK usage
- Countable
- Uncountable
A clause or condition which qualifies something; a modification, a limitation.
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- Countable
- Uncountable
Examples

I accept your offer, but with the following qualification.

More examples (1)

Before a vowel (as in rib, brake) r is usually pronounced as a fricative consonant by all groups of speakers. But the qualification 'usually' is necessary, for the Negroes tend to weaken r after a consonant; and they omit it, as do illiterate white speakers, in throat, throw, through.
A quality or attribute.
Usage
- Countable
- Obsolete
- Uncountable
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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.

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