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| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : kwol-uh-fi-key-shuhn |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˌkwɒl ə fɪˈkeɪ ʃən |
Definition of qualifications
Origin :- 1540s, "restriction, modification," from Middle French qualification and directly from Medieval Latin qualificationem (nominative qualificatio), noun of action from past participle stem of qualificare (see qualify). Meaning "accomplishment that qualifies someone to do something" is from 1660s; that of "necessary precondition" is from 1723. Related: Qualifications.
- noun ability, aptitude
- noun requirement, restriction
- The Assistant Commissioner of Police had really some qualifications for his post.
- Extract from : « The Secret Agent » by Joseph Conrad
- The qualifications of his mind were well adapted to his person.
- Extract from : « Joseph Andrews, Vol. 2 » by Henry Fielding
- The qualifications for (s)election were willingness, obedience, fidelity, endurance.
- Extract from : « The Golden Fountain » by Lilian Staveley
- I admire his qualifications in that respect, and hope to trade with him again.
- Extract from : « The Rise of Roscoe Paine » by Joseph C. Lincoln
- He could claim, he thought, to possess the qualifications demanded.
- Extract from : « Scaramouche » by Rafael Sabatini
- The qualifications above-mentioned cannot fail to ensure success.
- Extract from : « Ireland as It Is » by Robert John Buckley (AKA R.J.B.)
- The last and greatest of these qualifications had not been wanting.
- Extract from : « Legends of the Saxon Saints » by Aubrey de Vere
- I have qualifications that will make me better than a better man.
- Extract from : « Barrington » by Charles James Lever
- These qualifications affect either the body or the mind or both.
- Extract from : « The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume IV » by Various
- But were these, I flatteringly asked myself, all my qualifications?
- Extract from : « Confessions Of Con Cregan » by Charles James Lever
Synonyms for qualifications
- accomplishment
- adequacy
- allowance
- attainment
- attribute
- capability
- capacity
- caveat
- competence
- condition
- contingency
- criterion
- eligibility
- endowment
- essential
- exception
- exemption
- experience
- fitness
- goods
- limitation
- makings
- might
- modification
- need
- objection
- postulate
- prerequisite
- provision
- proviso
- qualifiedness
- quality
- requisite
- reservation
- skill
- stipulation
- stuff
- suitability
- suitableness
- what it takes
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