Definition of Qualification

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Qualification

The act of qualifying, or the condition of being qualified.

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.

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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Qualification Quotations

In action a great heart is the chief qualification. In work, a great head.
Arthur Schopenhauer

The chief qualification of a mass leader has become unending infallibility; he can never admit an error.
Hannah Arendt

The first qualification for a historian is to have no ability to invent.
Stendhal

As a rule, anyone who can tell a good story can write one, so there really need be no mistake about his qualification; such a man will be careful not to be wearisome, and to keep his point, or his catastrophe, well in hand.
James Payn

The best Qualification of a Prophet is to have a good Memory.
George Savile

It not infrequently happens that persons without any other special qualification than the drama of their lives are precipitated into important political positions.
Charles Edward Merriam

Qualification Translations

qualification in Afrikaans is kwalifikasie
qualification in Dutch is bevoegdheid, kwalificatie
qualification in French is homologation, qualification
qualification in Norwegian is forutsetning, kvalifikasjon

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