"qualifier" meaning in English

See qualifier in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈkwɒl.ɪ.faɪ.ə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈkwɑ.lɪ.faɪ.ɚ/ [General-American], /ˈkwɔl.ɪ.fɑɪ.ə/ [General-Australian] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-qualifier.wav Forms: qualifiers [plural]
enPR: kwŏlʹĭ-fī-ə [Received-Pronunciation], kwŏʹlĭ-fī-ər [General-American], kwŏlʹĭ-fī-ə [General-Australian] Etymology: From qualify + -er. Etymology templates: {{af|en|qualify|-er|id2=agent noun}} qualify + -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} qualifier (plural qualifiers)
  1. One who qualifies for something, especially a contestant who qualifies for a stage in a competition. Categories (topical): People Translations (one who qualifies): მსაზღვრელი (msazɣvreli) (Georgian), განმსაზღვრელი (ganmsazɣvreli) (Georgian), Qualifikant [masculine] (German), továbbjutó (Hungarian), kwalifikator [masculine] (Polish), cualificado [masculine] (Spanish), clasificado [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-qualifier-en-noun-en:person_who_qualifies_for_something Disambiguation of People: 53 29 14 5 Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun) Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun): 22 5 36 37 Disambiguation of 'one who qualifies': 73 0 10 16
  2. A preliminary stage of a competition. Translations (preliminary stage of a competition): квалификация (kvalifikacija) [feminine] (Bulgarian), alkuerät [plural] (Finnish), alkusarja (Finnish), Qualifikationsspiel [neuter] (German), Qualifikationsrunde [feminine] (German), selejtező (Hungarian), eliminatoria [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-qualifier-en-noun-en:preliminary_stage_of_a_competition Disambiguation of 'preliminary stage of a competition': 12 86 1 1
  3. (grammar) 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. Categories (topical): Grammar Synonyms: modifier Translations (describing or characterizing word): مُقَيِّدٌ (muqayyidun) [masculine] (Arabic), определение (opredelenie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), määre (Finnish), attribuutti (Finnish), Kennzeichner [masculine] (German), nähere Bestimmung [feminine] (German), Beifügung [feminine] (German), Attribut [neuter] (German), módosító (Hungarian), módosítószó (Hungarian), módosítóelem (Hungarian), minőségjelző (Hungarian), cáilitheoir [masculine] (Irish), kwalifikator [masculine] (Polish), calificador (Spanish), puntualización [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-qualifier-en-noun-en:grammar Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun) Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun): 22 5 36 37 Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences Disambiguation of 'describing or characterizing word': 24 0 55 21
  4. (computing, programming) A marker that qualifies or modifies another code element. Categories (topical): Computing, Programming Translations (computing: marker): კვალიფიკატორი (ḳvalipiḳaṭori) (Georgian), მსაზღვრელი (msazɣvreli) (Georgian), განმსაზღვრელი (ganmsazɣvreli) (Georgian), квалификатор (kvalifikator) [masculine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-qualifier-en-noun-en:marker_that_qualifies_another_code_element__in_computing Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun), Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Georgian translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 29 3 27 41 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun): 22 5 36 37 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 29 4 25 43 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 22 2 11 29 10 4 5 13 4 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 19 1 15 24 14 3 4 18 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 22 13 21 45 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 27 12 18 43 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 26 10 19 44 Disambiguation of Terms with Georgian translations: 31 13 17 39 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 23 7 20 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 19 7 22 52 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 26 10 19 44 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 27 10 20 44 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 24 4 20 53 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 25 2 21 52 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, programming, sciences Disambiguation of 'computing: marker': 4 1 9 86
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: determiner [grammar, linguistics, human-sciences, sciences]

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "code": "ka",
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      "roman": "msazɣvreli",
      "sense": "one who qualifies",
      "word": "მსაზღვრელი"
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      "code": "ka",
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      "sense": "one who qualifies",
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      "sense": "one who qualifies",
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      "word": "Qualifikant"
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      "sense": "one who qualifies",
      "word": "továbbjutó"
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      "sense": "one who qualifies",
      "tags": [
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    },
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      "sense": "one who qualifies",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "one who qualifies",
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      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "kvalifikacija",
      "sense": "preliminary stage of a competition",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
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    },
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      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "preliminary stage of a competition",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
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      "word": "alkuerät"
    },
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "preliminary stage of a competition",
      "word": "alkusarja"
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      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "preliminary stage of a competition",
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      "word": "Qualifikationsspiel"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "preliminary stage of a competition",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "Qualifikationsrunde"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "preliminary stage of a competition",
      "word": "selejtező"
    },
    {
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      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "preliminary stage of a competition",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "eliminatoria"
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      "roman": "muqayyidun",
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      "word": "مُقَيِّدٌ"
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      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "opredelenie",
      "sense": "describing or characterizing word",
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      "word": "определение"
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      "sense": "describing or characterizing word",
      "word": "määre"
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      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "describing or characterizing word",
      "word": "attribuutti"
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      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "describing or characterizing word",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "Kennzeichner"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "describing or characterizing word",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "nähere Bestimmung"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "describing or characterizing word",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "Beifügung"
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "describing or characterizing word",
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      "word": "Attribut"
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "describing or characterizing word",
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "describing or characterizing word",
      "word": "módosítószó"
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "describing or characterizing word",
      "word": "módosítóelem"
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "describing or characterizing word",
      "word": "minőségjelző"
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      "sense": "describing or characterizing word",
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      "word": "kwalifikator"
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "describing or characterizing word",
      "word": "calificador"
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "describing or characterizing word",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "puntualización"
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      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "ḳvalipiḳaṭori",
      "sense": "computing: marker",
      "word": "კვალიფიკატორი"
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      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "msazɣvreli",
      "sense": "computing: marker",
      "word": "მსაზღვრელი"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "ganmsazɣvreli",
      "sense": "computing: marker",
      "word": "განმსაზღვრელი"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "kvalifikator",
      "sense": "computing: marker",
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}

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