QUALIFICATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does qualification mean? 

• QUALIFICATION (noun)
  The noun QUALIFICATION has 3 senses:

1. an attribute that must be met or complied with and that fits a person for something

2. the act of modifying or changing the strength of some idea

3. a statement that limits or restricts some claim

  Familiarity information: QUALIFICATION used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• QUALIFICATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An attribute that must be met or complied with and that fits a person for something

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

making; qualification

Context example:

she has the makings of fine musician

Hypernyms ("qualification" is a kind of...):

fitness; fittingness (the quality of being suitable)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "qualification"):

eligibility (the quality or state of being eligible)

ineligibility (the quality or state of being ineligible)

Derivation:

qualify (pronounce fit or able)

qualify (specify as a condition or requirement in a contract or agreement; make an express demand or provision in an agreement)

qualify (prove capable or fit; meet requirements)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The act of modifying or changing the strength of some idea

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Context example:

his new position involves a qualification of his party's platform

Hypernyms ("qualification" is a kind of...):

alteration; revision (the act of revising or altering (involving reconsideration and modification))

Derivation:

qualify (make more specific)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A statement that limits or restricts some claim

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

qualification; reservation

Context example:

he recommended her without any reservations

Hypernyms ("qualification" is a kind of...):

statement (a message that is stated or declared; a communication (oral or written) setting forth particulars or facts etc)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "qualification"):

fine print; small print (the part of a contract that contains reservations and qualifications that are often printed in small type)

weasel word (an equivocal qualification; a word used to avoid making an outright assertion)

Derivation:

qualify (make more specific)

 Context examples 

“Then what do I recommend? Here is Mr. Micawber with a variety of qualifications—with great talent—”

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

I have already been up the Amazon, I know all the ground, and have special qualifications for this investigation.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

I do not know any better qualifications for a friend and companion.

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)

And you may be certain when I have the honour of seeing her again, I shall speak in the very highest terms of your modesty, economy, and other amiable qualification.”

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)

Complete and without restriction or qualification; something that does not depend on anything else; not relative.

(Absolute, NCI Thesaurus)

"And you are so dreadfully general that I fail to follow you. What I was speaking of was the qualification of editors—"

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

Reflects education and training, professional qualifications, surgical competence, and ethical conduct consistent with standards established by the College.

(Fellow of American College of Surgeons, NCI Thesaurus)

Reflects education and training, professional qualifications and competence, and ethical conduct consistent with standards established by the College.

(Fellow of American College of Physicians, NCI Thesaurus)

A qualification that describes the degree of certainty of the correctness of a microbial identification test result.

(Microbial Identification Certainty, NCI Thesaurus)

But facts are facts, Watson, and, after all, you are only a general practitioner with very limited experience and mediocre qualifications.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)