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qualifier

 
Dictionary: qual·i·fi·er   (kwŏl'ə-fī'ər) pronunciation
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  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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WordNet: qualifier
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The noun has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: a contestant who meets certain requirements and so qualifies to take part in the next stage of competition

Meaning #2: a content word that qualifies the meaning of a noun or verb
  Synonym: modifier


Wikipedia: Grammatical modifier
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In grammar, a modifier (or qualifier) is an optional element in phrase structure or clause structure[1]; the removal of the modifier typically doesn't affect the grammaticality of the construction. Modifiers can be a word, a phrase or an entire clause. Semantically, modifiers describe and provide more accurate definitional meaning for another element.

In English, adverbs and adjectives prototypically function as modifiers, but they also have other functions. Moreover, other constituents can function as modifiers as the following examples show (the modifiers are in bold):

  • [Put it gently in the drawer]. (adverb in verb phrase)
  • She set it down [very gently]. (adverb in adverb phrase)
  • He was [very gentle]. (adverb in adjective phrase)
  • [Even more] people were there. (adverb in determiner phrase)
  • It ran [right up the tree]. (adverb in prepositional phrase)
  • It was [a nice house]. (adjective in noun phrase)
  • His desk was in [the faculty office]. (noun in noun phrase)
  • [The swiftly flowing waters] carried it away. (verb phrase in noun phrase)
  • I saw [the man who we met yesterday]. (clause in noun phrase)
  • She's [the woman with the hat]. (preposition phrase in noun phrase)
  • It's not [that important]. (determiner in adjective phrase)
  • [A few more] workers are needed. (determiner in determiner phrase)
  • We've already [gone twelve miles]. (noun phase in verb phrase)
  • She's [two inches taller than me]. (noun phrase in verb adjective phrase)

A premodifier is a modifier placed before the head (the modified component). A postmodifier is a modifier placed after the head, for example:

  • land mines (pre-modifier)
  • mines in wartime (post-modifier)

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Translations: Qualifier
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Dansk (Danish)
n. - ord der nærmere bestemmer et andet

Nederlands (Dutch)
kwalificatie- wedstrijd, degene die geplaatst is (in volgende ronde), bepalend woord

Français (French)
n. - (Sport) qualifié, éliminatoire (match), (Ling) qualificatif

Deutsch (German)
n. - Einschränkung, Qualifikationsspiel, (ling.) näher bestimmendes Wort, jmd. der sich qualifiziert hat

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - προκρινόμενος, (γραμμ.) προσδιορισμός

Italiano (Italian)
aggettivo qualificativo, (sport) eliminatoria

Português (Portuguese)
n. - qualificador (m)

Русский (Russian)
отборочный матч, участник, определитель

Español (Spanish)
n. - calificador, calificativo

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - bestämning, bestämningsord

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
已取得资格的人, 修饰语, 合格者

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 已取得資格的人, 修飾語, 合格者

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 자격을 수여하는 사람[것], 한정어, 한정하는 사람[것]

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 資格を与える人, 予選, 限定するもの, 修飾語句

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) مؤهل, النعت, معدل للوصف‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮מגדיר (דקדוק), מגביל‬


 
 

 

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