qualifier

qualify +‎ -er

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈkwɑl.ɪ.faɪ.ɚ/, enPR: kwŏlʹĭ-fī-ər
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈkwɒl.ɪ.faɪ.ə/, enPR: kwŏlʹĭ-fī-ə
• Hyphenation: qual‧i‧fi‧er

qualifier (plural qualifiers)

1. One who qualifies for something, especially a contestant who qualifies for a stage in a competition.
2. A preliminary stage of a competition.
   • 2011, Phil McNulty, Euro 2012: Montenegro 2-2 England

     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.

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; a modifier; that adds or subtracts attributes to another.
4. (computing, programming) A marker that qualifies or modifies another code element.
   • 2012, Conor Sexton, C++ Programming Made Simple

     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.

• (grammar): modifier

• (grammar): determiner

qualité +‎ -ifier

• IPA^(key): /ka.li.fje/

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qualifier

1. to qualify (of a sports team, etc.)

• qualification

• “qualifier” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).