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qual·i·fi·ca·tion

(kwŏl′ə-fĭ-kā′shən)

1. The act of qualifying or the condition of being qualified: Qualification for the tournament will be hard.

2. A quality, ability, or accomplishment that makes a person suitable for a particular position or task.

3. A condition or circumstance that must be met or complied with: fulfilled the qualifications for registering to vote.

4. A restriction or modification: a statement hedged with several qualifications.

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qualification

(ˌkwɒlɪfɪˈkeɪʃən)

1. an official record of achievement awarded on the successful completion of a course of training or passing of an exam

2. an ability, quality, or attribute, esp one that fits a person to perform a particular job or task: he has no qualifications to be a teacher.

3. a condition that modifies or limits; restriction

4. the act of qualifying or state of being qualified

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qual•i•fi•ca•tion

(ˌkwɒl ə fɪˈkeɪ ʃən)

n.

1. a quality, accomplishment, etc., that fits a person for some function, office, or the like.

2. a circumstance or condition required by law or custom for exercising a right, holding an office, etc.

3. the act of qualifying or the state of being qualified.

4. modification or limitation: to agree without qualification.

[1535–45; < Medieval Latin quālificātiō fr. quālificā(re) to qualify]

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Noun	1.	qualification - 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" making fitness, fittingness - the quality of being suitable; "they had to prove their fitness for the position" eligibility - the quality or state of being eligible; "eligibility of a candidate for office"; "eligibility for a loan" ineligibility - the quality or state of being ineligible
	2.	qualification - the act of modifying or changing the strength of some idea; "his new position involves a qualification of his party's platform" revision, alteration - the act of revising or altering (involving reconsideration and modification); "it would require a drastic revision of his opinion"
	3.	qualification - a statement that limits or restricts some claim; "he recommended her without any reservations" reservation statement - a message that is stated or declared; a communication (oral or written) setting forth particulars or facts etc; "according to his statement he was in London on that day" fine print, small print - the part of a contract that contains reservations and qualifications that are often printed in small type; "don't sign a contract without reading the fine print" weasel word - an equivocal qualification; a word used to avoid making an outright assertion

qualification

noun

1. certificate, degree, document, diploma Mix academic A-levels with vocational qualifications.

2. eligibility, quality, ability, skill, capacity, fitness, attribute, capability, endowment(s), accomplishment, achievement, aptitude, suitability, suitableness That time with him is my qualification to write the book.

3. condition, restriction, proviso, requirement, rider, exception, criterion, reservation, allowance, objection, limitation, modification, exemption, prerequisite, caveat, stipulation The empirical evidence is subject to many qualifications.

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qualification

noun

1. The quality or state of being eligible:

eligibility, fitness, suitability, suitableness, worthiness.

2. A restricting or modifying element:

condition, provision, proviso, reservation, specification, stipulation, term (often used in plural).

Informal: string (often used in plural).

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salvedad título aptitud calificación capacidad

qualification

[ˌkwɒlɪfɪˈkeɪʃən] N

1. (= diploma) → título m
he left school without any qualifications → dejó la escuela sin sacarse ningún título
what are his qualifications? → ¿qué títulos tiene?
a teaching qualification → un título de profesor
vocational qualifications → títulos mpl de formación profesional

2. (for a post) → requisito m
she doesn't have the qualifications for the post → no reúne los requisitos para el puesto
the qualifications for membership → lo que se requiere para ser socio

3. (= description) → calificación f

4. (Sport) → clasificación f
they missed qualification for the finals → no consiguieron clasificarse para la final

5. (= reservation) → reserva f; (= modification) → salvedad f
without qualification → sin reserva
this is true, with the qualification that → esto es verdad, con la salvedad de que ...
by way of qualification, I should point out that → quisiera hacer la salvedad de que ...

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qualify

(ˈkwolifai) verb

1. to cause to be or to become able or suitable for. A degree in English does not qualify you to teach English; She is too young to qualify for a place in the team.capacitar, reunir las condiciones

2. (with as) to show that one is suitable for a profession or job etc, especially by passing a test or examination. I hope to qualify as a doctor. obtener el título de

3. (with for) to allow, or be allowed, to take part in a competition etc, usually by reaching a satisfactory standard in an earlier test or competition. She failed to qualify for the long jump.clasificarse

4. (of an adjective) to describe, or add to the meaning of. In `red books', the adjective `red' qualifies the noun `books'.calificar

ˌqualifiˈcation (-fi-) noun

1. (the act of gaining) a skill, achievement etc (eg an examination pass) that makes (a person) able or suitable to do a job etc. What qualifications do you need for this job?aptitud, capacidad

2. something that gives a person the right to do something. diploma, título

3. a limitation to something one has said or written. I think this is an excellent piece of work – with certain qualifications.reserva, salvedad

ˈqualified adjective

(negative unqualified) having the necessary qualification(s) to do (something). a qualified engineer.cualificado, capacitado

ˈqualifying adjective

in which players, teams etc attempt to qualify for a competition etc. Our team was beaten in the qualifying round. de clasificación

qualification

→ calificación , cualificación

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qualification

n. calificación; [competence] capacidad.

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"Even so; neither lieutenant nor any other officer may be commissioned without that qualification."

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No service was too humble for him to perform in the aid of the South, no adventure to perilous for him to undertake if consistent with the character of a civilian who was at heart a soldier, and who in good faith and without too much qualification assented to at least a part of the frankly villainous dictum that all is fair in love and war.

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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."

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But luckily the clerk had a qualification, which no clerk to a justice of peace ought ever to be without, namely, some understanding in the law of this realm.

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The complication was of this nature: Alexey Alexandrovitch's characteristic quality as a politician, that special individual qualification that every rising functionary possesses, the qualification that with his unflagging ambition, his reserve, his honesty, and with his self-confidence had made his career, was his contempt for red tape, his cutting down of correspondence, his direct contact, wherever possible, with the living fact, and his economy.

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The Senators and Representatives before mentioned, and the Members of the several State Legislatures, and all executive and judicial Officers, both of the United States and of the several States, shall be bound by Oath or Affirmation, to support this Constitution; but no religious Test shall ever be required as a Qualification to any Office or public Trust under the United States

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What I was speaking of was the qualification of editors - "

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Money qualification is nonsense--such a thing has never been thought of.

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And in that sense let every considerate citizen judge for himself where the requisite qualification is most likely to be found.

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In the case of secondary substances, when we speak, for instance, of 'man' or 'animal', our form of speech gives the impression that we are here also indicating that which is individual, but the impression is not strictly true; for a secondary substance is not an individual, but a class with a certain qualification; for it is not one and single as a primary substance is; the words 'man', 'animal', are predicable of more than one subject.

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He said that fate or Providence had thrown in his way a woman who possessed every qualification to be the helpmate of an agriculturist, and was decidedly of a serious turn of mind.

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(while it is necessary that every one should do well in his calling, in which consists his excellence, as it is impossible that all the citizens should have the same [1277a] qualifications) it is impossible that the virtue of a citizen and a good man should be the same; for all should possess the virtue of an excellent citizen: for from hence necessarily arise the perfection of the city: but that every one should possess the virtue of a good man is impossible without all the citizens in a well-regulated state were necessarily virtuous.

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