qualification
NounOpen English WordNet
Noun (3)qualifications
- an attribute that must be met or complied with and that fits a person for something“her qualifications for the job are excellent”“one of the qualifications for admission is an academic degree”“she has the makings of fine musician”Synonyms: makingType of fitness, fittingnessKinds eligibility, ineligibility
- the act of modifying or changing the strength of some idea“his new position involves a qualification of his party's platform”Type of revision, alteration
- a statement that limits or restricts some claim“he recommended her without any reservations”Synonyms: reservationType of statementKinds weasel word, fine print
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Translations
Noun qualification, certificate or skill
- Spanish
- cualificación
- French
- qualification
- German
- Qualifikation
- Italian
- qualifica
- Portuguese
- qualificação
- Russian
- квалифика́ция kvalifikácija
- Chinese
- 资格 zīgé
- Japanese
- 資格 shikaku
- Dutch
- kwalificatie
- Polish
- kwalifikacja
12 more languages
- Swedish
- merit
- Greek
- προσόν prosón
- Hungarian
- képesítés
- Portuguese (PT)
- qualificação
- Chinese (Trad.)
- 資格 zīgé
- Catalan
- qualificació
- Czech
- kvalifikace
- Finnish
- kvalifikaatio
- Georgian
- კვალიფიკაცია ḳvalipiḳacia
- Latvian
- kvalifikācija
- Romanian
- calificare
- Slovak
- kvalifikácia
The main translation for each meaning, from the langtolang.com multilingual dictionary. Each word links to its full entry there.
Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Origin: Cf. F. qualification. See Qualify.
1. The act of qualifying, or the condition of being qualified.
2. That which qualifies; any natural endowment, or any acquirement, which fits a person for a place, office, or employment, or which enables him to sustian any character with success; an enabling quality or circumstance; requisite capacity or possession.
There is no qualification for government but virtue and wisdom, actual or presumptive.— Edmund Burke
3. The act of limiting, or the state of being limited; that which qualifies by limiting; modification; restriction; hence, abatement; diminution; as, to use words without any qualification.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54