qualification

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   the act of modifying or changing the strength of some idea

   Your new position involves a qualification of your party's platform.

2. 2
   noun

   an attribute that must be met or complied with and that fits a person for something

   Their qualifications for the job are excellent.

3. 3
   noun

   The act or process of qualifying for a position, achievement etc.

   Qualification for this organization is extraordinarily difficult.

4. 4
   noun

   An ability or attribute that aids someone's chances of qualifying for something; specifically, completed professional training.

   What are your qualifications for this job?

5. 5
   noun

   A clause or condition which qualifies something; a modification, a limitation.

   I accept your offer, but with the following qualification.

6. 6
   noun

   A quality or attribute.

   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.

7. 7
   noun

   a statement that limits or restricts some claim

8. 8
   noun

   A certificate, diploma, or degree awarded after successful completion of a course, training, or exam.

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French qualification in the 1540s, which in turn derives from Medieval Latin quālificātiō. By surface analysis, qual(ify) + -ification.