qualificationnoun
uk/ˌkwɒl.ɪ.fɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/us/ˌkwɑː.lə.fəˈkeɪ.ʃən/qualification noun (TRAINING)
B1 [ C ] an official record showing that you have finished a training course or have the necessary skills, etc.:
You'll never get a good job if you don't have any qualifications.
Do you have any teaching/legal/medical/secretarial/academic qualifications?
B2 [ C or U ] an ability, characteristic, or experience that makes you suitable for a particular job or activity:
Some nursing experience is a necessary qualification for this job.
[ + to infinitive ] One of the qualifications you need to work here is a sense of humour!
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- Candidates with a qualification in Chemistry have exemption from this course.
- The preparatory certificate is the minimum qualification required to teach English in most language schools.
- No formal qualifications are required for the work - you'll get on-the-job training.
- With her qualifications and experience, she would seem to be ideally suited to the job.
- Please list your educational qualifications and work experience.
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Qualifications: school & vocational
- A level
- A2
- AS level
- baccalaureate
- certificate
- certified
- credential
- diploma
- GCE
- GCSE
- GED
- General Equivalency Diploma
- HNC
- HND
- HSC
- NVQ
- O level
- Vantage
- Waystage
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Skill, talent and ability
qualification noun (COMPETITION)
C1 [ U ] success in getting into a competition:
The win earned them qualification for the World Cup finals.
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Parts & stages of competitions
- a game in hand idiom
- added time
- cup tie
- decider
- elimination
- extra time
- final
- full time
- game
- hand
- kick
- kick off
- lap
- leg
- penalty shootout
- prelim
- quarter
- timeout
- victory
- walkover
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qualification noun (LIMIT)
[ C ] an extra piece of information that limits the effect of something that you say or write:
[ + that ] The doctor said I can leave hospital today, but with the qualification that I have to come back every day to get the dressing changed.
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Limiting and restricting
- box sb in
- chain
- circumscribe
- clamp down on sth
- clampdown
- curb
- curtail
- damage limitation
- debilitate
- delimit
- hamstring
- hedge
- infringe
- localize
- muzzle
- non-proliferation
- ration
- rationing
- restrain
- stabilizer
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