qualifier
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qual·i·fi·er
(kwŏl′ə-fī′ər)n.
1. One that qualifies, especially one that has or fulfills all appropriate qualifications, as for a position, office, or task.
2. Grammar A word or phrase that qualifies, limits, or modifies the meaning of another word or phrase.
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qualifier
(ˈkwɒlɪˌfaɪə)n
1. a person or thing that qualifies, esp a contestant in a competition who wins a preliminary heat or contest and so earns the right to take part in the next round
2. (General Sporting Terms) a preliminary heat or contest
3. (Grammar) grammar another word for modifier1
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qual•i•fi•er
(ˈkwɒl əˌfaɪ ər)n.
1. a person or thing that qualifies.
2. a word, as an adverb or adjective, that qualifies or limits the meaning of another; modifier.
[1555–65]
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See also related terms for limits.
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| Noun | 1. | qualifier - a contestant who meets certain requirements and so qualifies to take part in the next stage of competition; "the tournament was won by a late qualifier" contestant - a person who participates in competitions |
| 2. | qualifier - a content word that qualifies the meaning of a noun or verb content word, open-class word - a word to which an independent meaning can be assigned phrase - an expression consisting of one or more words forming a grammatical constituent of a sentence intensifier, intensive - a modifier that has little meaning except to intensify the meaning it modifies; "`up' in `finished up' is an intensifier"; "`honestly' in `I honestly don't know' is an intensifier" adjective - a word that expresses an attribute of something adverb - a word that modifies something other than a noun dangling modifier, misplaced modifier - a word or phrase apparently modifying an unintended word because of its placement in a sentence: e.g., `when young' in `when young, circuses appeal to all of us' |
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Translations
qualifier
[ˈkwɒlɪfaɪəʳ] N1. (Sport) (= person) → clasificado/a m/f; (= match, heat, round) → eliminatoria f
2. (Gram) → calificador m
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qualifier
n
(Sport: = person having qualified) → Qualifikant(in) m(f)
(Gram) → näher bestimmendes Wort
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