qualification
The act or process of qualifying for a position, achievement etc.
Example
“Qualification for this organization is extraordinarily difficult.”
Other meanings
An ability or attribute that aids someone's chances of qualifying for something; specifically, completed professional training.
“What are your qualifications for this job?”
A clause or condition which qualifies something; a modification, a limitation.
“I accept your offer, but with the following qualification.”
Related words
- disqualification
- paper qualification syndrome
- dequalification
- misqualification
- nonqualification
- overqualification
- postqualification
- prequalification
- requalification
- underqualification
- unqualification
- qualification problem
Word history
From Medieval Latin "quālificātiō".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “qualification” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.