"qualification" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˌkwɒlɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˌkwɑlɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-qualification.wav [Southern-England] Forms: qualifications [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪʃən Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French qualification in the 1540s, which in turn derives from Medieval Latin quālificātiō. By surface analysis, qual(ify) + -ification. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|frm|qualification}} Middle French qualification, {{der|en|ML.|quālificātiō}} Medieval Latin quālificātiō, {{surf|en|qualify|-ification|alt1=qual(ify)}} By surface analysis, qual(ify) + -ification Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} qualification (countable and uncountable, plural qualifications)
  1. The act or process of qualifying for a position, achievement etc. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (act or process of qualifying): qualificació [feminine] (Catalan), kvalifikace [feminine] (Czech), kvalificering [common-gender] (Danish), kvalifiointi (Finnish), hyväksyntä (Finnish), hyväksymisprosessi (Finnish), pätevöityminen (Finnish), képesítés megszerzése (Hungarian), feltételek teljesítése (Hungarian), kualifikasi (Indonesian), certificazione [feminine] (Italian), kwalifikacja [feminine] (Polish), qualificação [feminine] (Portuguese), calificare [feminine] (Romanian)
    Sense id: en-qualification-en-noun-CyHQNux8 Disambiguation of 'act or process of qualifying': 68 18 3 4 6
  2. An ability or attribute that aids someone's chances of qualifying for something; specifically, completed professional training. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (an ability or attribute that aids someone's chances of qualifying for something): مُؤَهِّل (muʔahhil) [masculine] (Arabic), кваліфіка́цыя (kvalifikácyja) [feminine] (Belarusian), আহলিয়াত (ahliẏat) (Bengali), квалифика́ция (kvalifikácija) [feminine] (Bulgarian), ценз (cenz) [masculine] (Bulgarian), qualificació [feminine] (Catalan), 資格 (Chinese Mandarin), 资格 (zīgé) (Chinese Mandarin), kvalifikace [feminine] (Czech), kvalifikation (Danish), aika-ajo (Finnish), qualification [feminine] (French), კვალიფიკაცია (ḳvalipiḳacia) (Georgian), Qualifizierung [feminine] (German), כִּשּׁוּרִים (kishurím) [masculine, plural] (Hebrew), képesítés (Hungarian), képzettség (Hungarian), szakképzettség (Hungarian), végzettség (Hungarian), minősítés (Hungarian), qualificazione [feminine] (Italian), 資格 (shikaku) (alt: しかく) (Japanese), біліктілік (bılıktılık) (Kazakh), 자격 (jagyeok) (Korean), билимдүүлүк (bilimdüülük) (Kyrgyz), യോഗ്യത (yōgyata) (Malayalam), kwalifikacja [feminine] (Polish), qualificação [feminine] (Portuguese), квалифика́ция (kvalifikácija) [feminine] (Russian), kvalifikácia [feminine] (Slovak), merit [common-gender] (Swedish), кваліфіка́ція (kvalifikácija) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-qualification-en-noun-fiPnz5~l Disambiguation of "an ability or attribute that aids someone's chances of qualifying for something": 2 81 2 1 13
  3. (UK) A certificate, diploma, or degree awarded after successful completion of a course, training, or exam. Tags: UK, countable, uncountable Translations (certificate, diploma, degree): আহলিয়াত (ahliẏat) (Bengali), сертификат (sertifikat) [masculine] (Bulgarian), diplom [neuter] (Danish), certifikat [neuter] (Danish), tutkinto (Finnish), Zertifikat [neuter] (German), Diplom [neuter] (German), Eignungszeugnis [neuter] (German), certificato [masculine] (Italian), diploma [feminine] (Italian), idoneità [feminine] (Italian), യോഗ്യത (yōgyata) (Malayalam), titulación [feminine] (Spanish), cymhwyster [masculine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-qualification-en-noun-fSirmlnW Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ification Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 12 42 24 20 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ification: 6 16 39 19 20 Disambiguation of 'certificate, diploma, degree': 1 9 68 7 15
  4. A clause or condition which qualifies something; a modification, a limitation. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (added clause or condition; a limitation): уговорка (ugovorka) [feminine] (Bulgarian), täsmennys (Finnish), ehto (Finnish), lisäehto (Finnish), feltétel (Hungarian), kikötés (Hungarian), megkötés (Hungarian), fenntartás (Hungarian), korlátozás (Hungarian), agús [masculine] (Irish), riserva [feminine] (Italian), salvedad (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-qualification-en-noun-yavMfiEX Disambiguation of 'added clause or condition; a limitation': 1 3 7 85 4
  5. (obsolete) A quality or attribute. Tags: countable, obsolete, uncountable
    Sense id: en-qualification-en-noun-q72ox-LW
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: disqualification, paper qualification syndrome, qualification problem, self-qualification Related terms: qualify, certification, clarification

Inflected forms

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          "sense": "an ability or attribute that aids someone's chances of qualifying for something",
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          "sense": "an ability or attribute that aids someone's chances of qualifying for something",
          "word": "minősítés"
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          "code": "it",
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          "alt": "しかく",
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          "sense": "an ability or attribute that aids someone's chances of qualifying for something",
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          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "bılıktılık",
          "sense": "an ability or attribute that aids someone's chances of qualifying for something",
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          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "jagyeok",
          "sense": "an ability or attribute that aids someone's chances of qualifying for something",
          "word": "자격"
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          "code": "ky",
          "lang": "Kyrgyz",
          "roman": "bilimdüülük",
          "sense": "an ability or attribute that aids someone's chances of qualifying for something",
          "word": "билимдүүлүк"
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          "code": "ml",
          "lang": "Malayalam",
          "roman": "yōgyata",
          "sense": "an ability or attribute that aids someone's chances of qualifying for something",
          "word": "യോഗ്യത"
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          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "an ability or attribute that aids someone's chances of qualifying for something",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "kwalifikacja"
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          "sense": "an ability or attribute that aids someone's chances of qualifying for something",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "qualificação"
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          "roman": "kvalifikácija",
          "sense": "an ability or attribute that aids someone's chances of qualifying for something",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "квалифика́ция"
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          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "an ability or attribute that aids someone's chances of qualifying for something",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "kvalifikácia"
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          "sense": "an ability or attribute that aids someone's chances of qualifying for something",
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          "roman": "kvalifikácija",
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          "code": "fi",
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          "sense": "certificate, diploma, degree",
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          "code": "de",
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          "sense": "certificate, diploma, degree",
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          "code": "de",
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          "sense": "certificate, diploma, degree",
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          "sense": "certificate, diploma, degree",
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      "tags": [
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      "sense": "act or process of qualifying",
      "tags": [
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      "tags": [
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      "sense": "an ability or attribute that aids someone's chances of qualifying for something",
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      "tags": [
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      "code": "ca",
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "資格"
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      "roman": "zīgé",
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      "word": "qualification"
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      "code": "ka",
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      "sense": "an ability or attribute that aids someone's chances of qualifying for something",
      "word": "კვალიფიკაცია"
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      "code": "de",
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "Qualifizierung"
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      "code": "hu",
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      "sense": "an ability or attribute that aids someone's chances of qualifying for something",
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      "code": "hu",
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      "sense": "an ability or attribute that aids someone's chances of qualifying for something",
      "word": "minősítés"
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      "code": "it",
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      "code": "kk",
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      "code": "ky",
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      "code": "ml",
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      "sense": "an ability or attribute that aids someone's chances of qualifying for something",
      "word": "യോഗ്യത"
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      "code": "pl",
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      "sense": "an ability or attribute that aids someone's chances of qualifying for something",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "kwalifikacja"
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      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "an ability or attribute that aids someone's chances of qualifying for something",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "qualificação"
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "квалифика́ция"
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      "code": "sk",
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      "sense": "an ability or attribute that aids someone's chances of qualifying for something",
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      "word": "кваліфіка́ція"
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      "code": "bn",
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      "sense": "certificate, diploma, degree",
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      "sense": "certificate, diploma, degree",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "diplom"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "certificate, diploma, degree",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "certifikat"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "certificate, diploma, degree",
      "word": "tutkinto"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "certificate, diploma, degree",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Zertifikat"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "certificate, diploma, degree",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Diplom"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "certificate, diploma, degree",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Eignungszeugnis"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "certificate, diploma, degree",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "certificato"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "certificate, diploma, degree",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "diploma"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "certificate, diploma, degree",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "idoneità"
    },
    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "yōgyata",
      "sense": "certificate, diploma, degree",
      "word": "യോഗ്യത"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "certificate, diploma, degree",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "titulación"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "certificate, diploma, degree",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cymhwyster"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "ugovorka",
      "sense": "added clause or condition; a limitation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "уговорка"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "added clause or condition; a limitation",
      "word": "täsmennys"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "added clause or condition; a limitation",
      "word": "ehto"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "added clause or condition; a limitation",
      "word": "lisäehto"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "added clause or condition; a limitation",
      "word": "feltétel"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "added clause or condition; a limitation",
      "word": "kikötés"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "added clause or condition; a limitation",
      "word": "megkötés"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "added clause or condition; a limitation",
      "word": "fenntartás"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "added clause or condition; a limitation",
      "word": "korlátozás"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "added clause or condition; a limitation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "agús"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "added clause or condition; a limitation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "riserva"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "added clause or condition; a limitation",
      "word": "salvedad"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "qualification"
  ],
  "word": "qualification"
}

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