(n.) The act of qualifying, or the condition of being qualified.
(n.) 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.
(n.) 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.
Example Sentences:
(1) For further education, this would be my priority: a substantial increase in funding and an end to tinkering with the form of qualifications and bland repetition of the “parity of esteem” trope.
(2) Discussion deals with the plurality, specificity, variability, perceived necessity, sufficiency, international utility and career significance of British postgraduate qualifications.
(3) This empirical fact has in recent years been increasingly dealt with in pertinent German-language literature, the discussion clearly emphasizing the demand that programmes aimed at the vocational qualification of unemployed disabled persons be provided, along with accompanying measures.
(4) The qualification for carrying on the isonicotinic acid hydrazide monotherapy in the tuberculosis cutis luposa and verrucosa is proved on the basis of bacteriological, pathologo-anatomical and clinical peculiarities of these forms of tuberculosis of the skin.
(5) A comparison of the qualification of first time homologous and directed donations showed in our groups significant differences for HBsAg positivity, ESR and hemoglobin.
(6) With hardly any qualifications to fall back on, the world of work didn't come naturally.
(7) Speaking about the player, who scored crucial goals for England during qualification for the 2014 World Cup, Hodgson said: “Andros was unlucky to lose his place in the squad when he wasn’t getting a regular game and he’s gone to Newcastle, got a regular game, and done very well there.” Expressing his delight in being selected, Townsend tweeted: “Huge honour to be named in provisional England squad for the euros ... Will give my all over next few weeks to try to make final squad!” Hodgson also declared himself pleased to include Jordan Henderson, who returned to action for Liverpool in Sunday’s 1-1 draw with West Bromwich Albion having been out since early April with damaged knee ligaments.
(8) "The performance of Italy and France kind of puts Ireland's heroic non-qualification in context," suggests Sean DeLoughry, giving everyone pause for thought.
(9) From the shallow pool of talent to the lack of a definable playing style and questions over whether they can handle the step up from qualification to tournament football, this is now England.
(10) A proper qualification of patients reduced considerably the number of complications.
(11) The morphometrical data of the skaters muscle fiber are compared with the muscle parameters (according to the literature data) of the m. vastus lateralis in high qualification sportsmen of other specialization and in nontrained persons.
(12) Each of the five hospitals denied the doctors privileges without reaching the merits of the doctors' qualifications.
(13) Uefa has said it is open to proposals about the future of the competition, amid disquiet from clubs outside England about the spending power of Premier League clubs in the wake of their £8.3bn TV deal, but is expected to strongly resist any move to propose qualification should be on anything other than merit.
(14) Quantitative data collected included a range of biographical detail, an outline of career patterns, professional qualifications and specific preparation undertaken for the teaching role.
(15) At the other end, they at least got two goals against a Belgian team that has only conceded one goal in World Cup qualification, but the penalty had a big element of fortune about it, and there'll be concerns about Jozy Altidore yet again failing to score in a Klinsmann team.
(16) Uber drivers are employees not contractors, California rules Read more Like many Ethiopian immigrants in San Diego , Sahilu gravitated towards driving a cab because he didn’t speak much English and couldn’t get recognition for his educational qualifications – in his case, a chemistry degree.
(17) If a patient declined hospital treatment 161 (70%) of the practitioners would keep him in bed for a week or less, but the date of the practitioners' qualification significantly affected the time they would advise him to remain off work.
(18) Under a major overhaul of the system, AS-levels will be separated from A-levels to become a separate qualification.
(19) Highlighting an excerpt of the interview, which Harri claimed was "implying the mayor is 'losing his touch' because he 'failed' to upstage the PM", he criticised the decision to allow Purnell to "pontificate without challenge, qualification or allowing us a right to reply" and described the author as someone who "knows no one in No 10".
(20) He was a self-proclaimed cleric, though he had no formal qualifications or any evidence to support his claims.
Wannabe
Definition:
Example Sentences:
(1) Urban hives boom could be 'bad for bees' What happened: Two professors from a University of Sussex laboratory are urging wannabe-urban beekeepers to consider planting more flowers instead of taking up the increasingly popular hobby.
(2) Just after Louise Mensch asked Rupert Murdoch if he'd considered resigning over phone hacking, she received the sort of email that would chill the blood of any wannabe government minister.
(3) Despite the best efforts of Moore and the other wannabes in Hackney North, Abbott doubled her majority at this latest election.
(4) Craig looked out of place in this awkward wannabe blockbuster.
(5) For the wannabe, a state of uncertainty is a constant supply of publicity, delivering more attention for every speech they make.
(6) If, as many believe, a decision on Europe is Cameron’s parting gift to his party, it is the relationship between the press and his wannabe successors which could be more interesting.
(7) She isn't the first wannabe pop girl with intimations of "edge" and "darkness" in her songs to emerge this year , although she might be the last (hello, it's November), but the question is: does she bring anything new to the feisty, lusty-voiced electro-girl genre?
(8) Adele’s appearance at the beginning of this year, belting her way through her hits and even the Spice Girls’ Wannabe and a Nicky Minaj rap, has been watched by more than 110 million people online, around 100 times the number who watch Corden’s Late, Late Show.
(9) When Adele starred in a rainy London “home for the holidays” edition, she downed a cuppa in one gulp, discussed #squadgoals, rapped Nicki Minaj’s Monster and paid homage to the Spice Girls by busting out Wannabe.
(10) The good news is that you don't have to travel to southern California to get a taste of 2014's blockbuster wannabes: a slew of trailers that debuted inside the San Diego Convention Centre 's gargantuan Hall H have now hit the web – and there's no need to dress up like Xena the warrior princess to watch them.
(11) "You can't just make good art these days," is his parting bit of advice to all those Aphex wannabes out there.
(12) In the soap opera of French political eccentrics, few are as colourful and controversial as Tapie: a rags-to-riches businessman who began as a failed popstar and wannabe racing driver, hosted TV shows, became a minister under François Mitterrand, owned Olympique de Marseille football club but then served time in jail for match-fixing, and finally reinvented himself as actor and now press baron, recently buying the newspaper La Provence.
(13) Every day, bands blow up through social media, YouTube stars emerge , bloggers sign book deals and wannabes strive for their big virtual break.
(14) At which point, the righteous rage against big business conveniently diverts towards these moronic corporate wannabes and their tragic, gibbering claims to be “the next Richard Branson”.
(15) The antics of wannabe rockstar Frankie Cocozza, who left the show after breaking a "golden rule", sparked the most ire among viewers.
(16) People might like the sound of internment for all suspected terror sympathisers, as suggested by Ukip’s energy spokesman (as well as by Katie Hopkins wannabe Allison Pearson of the Telegraph) – unless they remember how imprisonment without trial turbo-charged recruitment to the IRA and delayed peace for years.
(17) She wasn't just some hapless wannabe, yet another pissed-up nit who was never gonna make it, nor was she even a ten-a-penny-chanteuse enjoying her fifteen minutes.
(18) An updated religion section would read: "If you ticked Islam, please tick the box that best describes you: a) moderate (ie charter signatory) b) I <3 Sharia c) Brody wannabe.
(19) For the rest, it is yet another iPhone wannabe: it is too small, its multi-touch interface is too slow on the uptake and the whole experience is rather fiddly.
(20) Still, their English beats Pearson's Harvard-wannabe management-speak.