Noun
A qualification or added condition.
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No expostulations! No buts, girl! No qualifyings, I will be obeyed, I tell you; and chearfully too!
An examination that must be taken in order to qualify.
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Despite possible lore among graduate students to the contrary, most faculty members dread having to fail a student in the qualifyings.
A preliminary competition in which successful competitors gain entry into, and/or a favourable starting position in, a subsequent competition.
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McLaren driver Hamilton was never in contention after making a disastrous mistake to crash out in qualifying and then starting at the back of the grid after a penalty for changing his gearbox.
Wales claimed their first points in Euro 2012 qualifying with a morale-boosting victory in Cardiff over former Group G joint leaders Montenegro.
Noun
the grammatical relation that exists when a word qualifies the meaning of the phrase
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success in satisfying a test or requirement
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his future depended on his passing that test
he got a pass in introductory chemistry