qualification

B1 Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ˌkwɑlɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/ UK /ˌkwɒlɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/ See IPA manual

noun Freq #24367

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1

noun
An official record, such as a diploma or degree, showing you have completed training or passed an exam.

You need a teaching qualification to work at this school.
2

noun
A skill, quality, or experience that makes you suitable for a job or task.

What are your qualifications for this position?
3

noun
A condition or statement that limits or slightly changes the meaning of something.

I accept your offer, but with one qualification.

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3 noun · a condition or statement... reservation

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Forms qualifications

Derived forms dequalificationdisqualificationmisqualificationnonqualificationoverqualificationpostqualificationprequalificationrequalificationself-qualificationunderqualificationunqualification

Related forms certification clarification qualify

Etymology

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

qualification Middle French quālificātiō la-med

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Describing Qualities Education & Learning

# qualification

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B1
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** ˌkwɑlɪfɪˈkeɪʃən
**IPA (UK):** ˌkwɒlɪfɪˈkeɪʃən
**Frequency rank:** 24367

## Meanings
1. An official record, such as a diploma or degree, showing you have completed training or passed an exam.
2. A skill, quality, or experience that makes you suitable for a job or task.
3. A condition or statement that limits or slightly changes the meaning of something.

## Examples
- You need a teaching qualification to work at this school.
- What are your qualifications for this position?
- I accept your offer, but with one qualification.

## Derived Forms
- dequalification
- disqualification
- misqualification
- nonqualification
- overqualification
- postqualification
- prequalification
- requalification
- self-qualification
- underqualification
- unqualification

## Related Forms
- certification
- clarification
- qualify

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: qualification
- Root: quālificātiō

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

## AI Etymology
Qualification was borrowed from Middle French qualification in the 1540s, which in turn derives from Medieval Latin quālificātiō. By surface analysis, qual(ify) + -ification. The historical chain includes qualification (Middle French), quālificātiō (la-med). In present-day English it covers an official record, such as a diploma or degree, showing you have completed training or passed an exam, a skill, quality, or experience that makes you suitable for a job or task, and a condition or statement that limits or slightly changes the meaning of something. The wider family includes derived forms such as dequalification, disqualification, misqualification, nonqualification, overqualification and related forms such as certification, clarification, qualify.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities
- Education & Learning

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