Qualification
[,kwɒlɪfɪ'keɪʃ(ə)n] or [,kwɑlɪfɪ'keʃən]
Definition
(noun.) the act of modifying or changing the strength of some idea; 'his new position involves a qualification of his party's platform'.
(noun.) an attribute that must be met or complied with and that fits a person for something; 'her qualifications for the job are excellent'; 'one of the qualifications for admission is an academic degree'; 'she has the makings of fine musician'.
Editor: Melinda--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The act of qualifying, or the condition of being qualified.
(n.) 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.
(n.) 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.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Fitness, suitableness, capability, endowment, accomplishment.[2]. Modification, limitation, restriction.[3]. Abatement, diminution, mitigation, allowance, grains of allowance.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Capacity, fitness, condition, capability, accomplishment, requirement,limitation, modification
ANT:Incapacity, unfitness, absoluteness, disqualification, nonqualification,unrestrictedness
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Examples
- In other respects they are only a legal qualification. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- The only qualification which she demands is the profession of patriotism. Plato. The Republic.
- But New Jersey admitted a few women to vote on a property qualification. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- First of all, I said, consider the nature of the qualification. Plato. The Republic.
- Or, if you are competent to judge aright the signs I never fail to show you when he appears among you, is your superior honesty your qualification? Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Does your qualification lie in the superior knowledge of men which accepts, courts, and puffs this man? Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- It was not so much a contradiction as an immense qualification of the master. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- And yet there is no sentence that promises, without due qualification, the destruction of the city. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- I repudiate that qualification,' said Mr. Snodgrass, whose thoughts were fast reverting to Emily Wardle. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- I would as soon, on a fair and clear explanation, be judged by one class of man as another, provided he had the qualification I have named. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- There can be no doubt, said I, that I declined your proposal without any reservation or qualification whatever, Mr. Guppy. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- There was to be no rivalry, no qualification to the rigid unity of the Church. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- But as this was an ineffectual protest, I then said, more particularly, that I was not sure of my qualifications. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Your portion is unhappily so small that it will in all likelihood undo the effects of your loveliness and amiable qualifications. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- Certainly the elimination of male from the suffrage qualifications will not end the feminist agitation. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- I do not know any better qualifications for a friend and companion. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- Here is Mr. Micawber with a variety of qualifications--with great talent--' 'Really, my love,' said Mr. Micawber. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Mr Wegg then goes on to enlarge upon what throughout has been uppermost in his crafty mind:--the qualifications of Mr Venus for such a search. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- The qualifications of the body, unless supported by those of the mind, can give little authority in any period of society. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- But there must be some one with the requisite qualifications. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- After many patient experiments he finished a small model of a press which seemed to him to combine all the qualifications needed for his work. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- The qualifications of the mind can alone give very great authority. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Sedgwick was killed at Spottsylvania before I had an opportunity of forming an estimate of his qualifications as a soldier from personal observation. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- But the latter term may be used to indicate a number of qualifications which are vaguer than vocational ability. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Bearing these qualifications in mind, we shall proceed to state some of the characteristics found in all good educational aims. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- You have no special qualifications. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Mr. Brooke, meanwhile, having lost other clews, fell back on himself and his qualifications--always an appropriate graceful subject for a candidate. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
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