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qualification

[kwol-uh-fi-key-shuhn]

qual·i·fi·ca·tion

[kwol-uh-fi-key-shuhn]
noun
1.
a quality, accomplishment, etc., that fits a person for some function, office, or the like.
2.
a circumstance or condition required by law or custom for getting, having, or exercising a right, holding an office, or the like.
3.
the act of qualifying; state of being qualified.
4.
modification, limitation, or restriction: to endorse a plan without qualification.
5.
an instance of this: He protected his argument with several qualifications.

Origin:
1535–45; < Medieval Latin quālificātiōn- (stem of quālificātiō), equivalent to quālificāt(us) (past participle of quālificāre to qualify) + -iōn- -ion

non·qual·i·fi·ca·tion, noun
o·ver·qual·i·fi·ca·tion, noun
pre·qual·i·fi·ca·tion, noun
re·qual·i·fi·ca·tion, noun


4. reservation, stipulation, condition.

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Qualification has a plethora of syllables.
So is antidisestablishmentarianism. Does it mean:
opposition to the withdrawal of state support or recognition from an established church, esp. the Anglican Church in 19th-century England.
the estimation of something as valueless (encountered mainly as an example of one of the longest words in the English language).
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qualification (ˌkwɒlɪfɪˈkeɪʃən)
 
n
1.  an official record of achievement awarded on the successful completion of a course of training or passing of an exam
2.  an ability, quality, or attribute, esp one that fits a person to perform a particular job or task: he has no qualifications to be a teacher
3.  a condition that modifies or limits; restriction
4.  the act of qualifying or state of being qualified

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