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Webster 1913 Edition
Qualification
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. 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 1828 Edition
Qualification
QUALIFICA'TION
, n.1.
Any natural endowment or any acquirement which fits a person for a place, office or employment, or enables him to sustain any character with success. Integrity and talents should be considered as indispensable qualifications for men entrusted with public affairs; but private interest and party-spirit will often dispense with these and all other qualifications.There is no qualification for government but virtue and wisdom, actual or presumptive.
2.
Legal power or requisite; as the qualifications of electors.3.
Abatement; diminution.4.
Modification; restriction; limitation. words or expressions may be used in a general sense, without any qualification.Definition 2024
qualification
qualification
English
Noun
qualification (plural qualifications)
- A clause or condition which qualifies something; a modification, a limitation. [from 16th c.]
- I accept your offer, but with the following qualification.
- The act or process of qualifying for a position, achievement etc. [from 16th c.]
- Qualification for this organization is extraordinarily difficult.
- (obsolete) A quality or attribute. [17th-19th c.]
- 1714, Bernard Mandeville, The Fable of the Bees:
- 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:
- An ability or attribute that aids someone's chances of qualifying for something; specifically, completed professional training. [from 17th c.]
- What are your qualifications for this job?
Derived terms
- disqualification
- qualification problem
Related terms
Translations
act or process of qualifying
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ability or attribute
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process of deciding the running order
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