qualification
/ˌkwɑlɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.88 in modern English
27
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
5
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
An ability or attribute that aids someone's chances of qualifying for something; specifically, completed professional training.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
A certificate, diploma, or degree awarded after successful completion of a course, training, or exam.
British usage; Countable; Uncountable
noun
A clause or condition which qualifies something; a modification, a limitation.
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "Qualification for this organization is extraordinarily difficult."
- "What are your qualifications for this job?"
- "I accept your offer, but with the following qualification."
- "Before a vowel (as in rib, brake) r is usually pronounced as a fricative consonant by all groups of speakers. But the qualification 'usually' is necessary, for the Negroes tend to weaken r after a consonant; and they omit it, as do illiterate white speakers, in throat, throw, through."
- "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."
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French qualification in the 1540s, which in turn derives from Medieval Latin quālificātiō. By surface analysis, qual(ify) + -ification.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: qualification, quālificātiō
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˌkwɑlɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/
- British English: /ˌkwɒlɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/
Usage
- Countable
- Uncountable
- British usage
- Obsolete