Entry Word: qualification

Function: noun

Meaning: 1 a skill, an ability, or knowledge that makes a person able to do a particular job <the fashion firm was looking for an applicant who could list superior sewing skills among his or her qualifications>

Synonyms capability, credentials, stuff

Related Words command, expertise, mastery, proficiency; ability, capacity, competence, competency, facility, faculty; flair, genius, gift, talent; forte, specialty; fitness, suitability, suitableness; makings, potentiality

2 something upon which the carrying out of an agreement or offer depends <will give us his permission to go on the trip with the qualification that we find a suitable chaperon> — see condition 2