Qualification Meaning
/ˌkwɒlɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/Definition, CEFR level B1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounThe act or process of qualifying for a position, achievement etc.
nounAn ability or attribute that aids someone's chances of qualifying for something; specifically, completed professional training.
Sentence Examples
We agreed to the plan without qualification.
Kabylia has played in the 2018 CONIFA World Football Cup qualification.
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CEFR Practice Quiz
A bachelor's degree is a basic ____ for most professional engineering jobs.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
She gained an additional ____ in project management to improve her chances of promotion.
Word Origin & History
Borrowed from Middle French qualification in the 1540s, which in turn derives from Medieval Latin quālificātiō. By surface analysis, qual(ify) + -ification.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"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."
— 1937, Oma Stanley, “III. The Consonants”, in The Speech of East Texas (American Speech: Reprints and Monographs; 2), New York: Columbia University Press, →DOI, →ISBN, § 7, page 63:
"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."
— 1714, Bernard Mandeville, The Fable of the Bees:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
A bachelor's degree is a basic ____ for most professional engineering jobs.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
She gained an additional ____ in project management to improve her chances of promotion.