- One that qualifies, especially one that has or fulfills all appropriate qualifications, as for a position, office, or task.
- Grammar. A word or phrase that qualifies, limits, or modifies the meaning of another word or phrase.
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qual·i·fi·er (kwŏl'ə-fī'ər) ![]() |
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| WordNet: qualifier |
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 |
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):
A premodifier is a modifier placed before the head (the modified component). A postmodifier is a modifier placed after the head, for example:
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| Translations: Qualifier |
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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