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QUALIFICATION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The act of modifying or changing the strength of some idea
Example:
his new position involves a qualification of his party's platform
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("qualification" is a kind of...):
alteration; revision (the act of revising or altering (involving reconsideration and modification))
Derivation:
qualify (make more specific)
Sense 2
Meaning:
An attribute that must be met or complied with and that fits a person for something
Example:
she has the makings of fine musician
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
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 3
Meaning:
A statement that limits or restricts some claim
Example:
he recommended her without any reservations
Synonyms:
qualification; reservation
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
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:
The CCGA application (Form PHS-398) requests documentation on the qualifications of the principal investigators and associates, pertinent budget information and justification for the support of this proposed grant.
(Cancer Center Support Grant Application, NCI Thesaurus)
N.D. has a qualification of primary care physicians with a specialized focus in preventative medicine, natural therapeutics, and emphasis on holistic and nontoxic approaches to therapy and optimizing wellness.
(Naturopathic Doctor, NCI Thesaurus)
But as to honour, justice, wisdom, and learning, they should not be taxed at all; because they are qualifications of so singular a kind, that no man will either allow them in his neighbour or value them in himself.
(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)
‘That is quite correct,’ I answered; ‘but you will excuse me if I say that I cannot see how all this bears upon my professional qualifications. I understand that it was on a professional matter that you wished to speak to me?’
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
I saw he was going to marry her, for family, perhaps political reasons, because her rank and connections suited him; I felt he had not given her his love, and that her qualifications were ill adapted to win from him that treasure.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
Every qualification is raised at times, by the circumstances of the moment, to more than its real value; and she was sometimes worried down by officious condolence to rate good-breeding as more indispensable to comfort than good-nature.
(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)
Donor re-entry request: An applicant's request to re-enter a deferred donor when regulations and/or guidance do not provide a qualification method or process for their specific situation. (21 CFR 610.41(b)) License re-issuance: request from applicant to change legal name.
(Correspondence, Food and Drug Administration)
Here is Mr. Micawber, with a variety of qualifications, with great talent—I should say, with genius, but that may be the partiality of a wife— Traddles and I both murmured “No.”
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
The chief qualification of ninety- nine per cent of all editors is failure.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
Your portion is unhappily so small that it will in all likelihood undo the effects of your loveliness and amiable qualifications.
(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)
