Qualifier
//ˈkwɒl.ɪ.faɪ.ə// noun
noun ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 One who qualifies for something, especially a contestant who qualifies for a stage in a competition.
- 2 a content word that qualifies the meaning of a noun or verb wordnet
- 3 A preliminary stage of a competition.
"But England's final qualifier, played out in the hostile surroundings of Podgorica City Stadium, turned on two incidents that will have cast a cloud over Capello's delight at reaching another major tournament."
- 4 a contestant who meets certain requirements and so qualifies to take part in the next stage of competition wordnet
- 5 A word or phrase, such as an adjective or adverb, that describes or characterizes another word or phrase, such as a noun or verb; one that adds or subtracts attributes to another.
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- 6 A marker that qualifies or modifies another code element.
"The qualifier const may be prefixed to any declaration, and specifies that the value to which the data object is initialised cannot subsequently be changed."
Antonyms
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More examples"An application of a qualifier precludes non-partaking instances from the compound meaning of a term."
Etymology
From qualify + -er.
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