Qualification: meaning, example and synonyms
Qualificationn. A statement that limits or modifies a claim; a reservation.
Example
The economist endorsed the proposal with one qualification: the subsidies should end once the industry could compete without them.
- Part of speech
- noun
- Synonyms
- reservation, caveat, proviso, limitation
- Antonyms
- blanket statement, absolute claim
- Memory tip
- To qualify a claim is to trim it down to what is actually true.
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Check yourself: Qualification in context
The scientist agreed that the drug was effective, but she added one important ______: its benefits had been shown only in adults under fifty.
Answer: qualification. A remark limiting her endorsement to adults under fifty is a qualification. Incursion (invasion), auteur (filmmaker) and transience (impermanence) are not statements that narrow a claim.
Reviewers praised the study's sweeping conclusion, yet they asked the authors to attach one ______ to it, noting that the entire sample came from a single city.
Answer: qualification. A one-city sample calls for a limiting statement, a qualification. A catalyst (trigger), partiality (bias) and auteur (filmmaker) are not things one attaches to narrow a conclusion.