qualifying

English

Verb

qualifying

1. present participle and gerund of qualify

Derived terms

• qualifying position

Noun

qualifying (plural qualifyings)

1. A qualification or added condition.
   • 1748, Samuel Richardson, Clarissa, or, the History of a Young Lady:

     No expostulations! No buts, girl! No qualifyings, I will be obeyed, I tell you; and chearfully too!

2. An examination that must be taken in order to qualify.
   • 2013, Robert Nisbet, Teachers and Scholars:

     Despite possible lore among graduate students to the contrary, most faculty members dread having to fail a student in the qualifyings.

Derived terms

• qualifying round

 

Translations

A qualification

• German: Qualifikation (de) f, Befähigungsnachweis f, Zugangsbedingung f

An examination

• German: Eignungsprüfung (de) f, Zulassungsprüfung (de) f, Zugangsprüfung f, Aufnahmeprüfung (de) f
• Swedish: kvalificering (sv) c