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qualifier Definition

quali·fier (kwôl′ə fī′ər, kwäl′-)

noun

  1. a person or thing that qualifies; specif.,
    1. a person who meets set requirements
    2. a word, as an adjective or adverb, or a group of words, that modifies or limits the meaning of another word or group of words
  2. a preliminary round of a competition

qualifier Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • restrict: There are two ways to specify a restrict qualifier.
  • beat: Parrott first of all will need to beat a qualifier, on current form most likely to be Barry Hawkins.
  • overcome: Czech number one Jan Koukal liked the Zagreb courts so much that he decided to play 85 minutes to overcome English qualifier Jonathan Harford.
  • defeat: Kitchen used her physical strength and fitness to defeat the streaky Egyptian qualifier Eman El Amir in 4 games.
  • win: I was so thrilled to win the qualifier, as the standard of veterans was fabulous and we can't wait to go to Olympia.
  • face: The eighth seed faces qualifier Simon Parke, a fellow Yorkshireman, in the first round.

Preposition: in

round: Fifth seed Ricketts meets a qualifier in the first round.

Adjective modifier

  • under-21: Scotland Under-21s are set to play the UEFA Under-21 Championship qualifier against France in Aberdeen.
  • Olympic: Her only real competition since then has been the Olympic qualifiers in February.
  • European: May 20: Nigel Martyn has dropped out of the England squad for the next European Championship qualifier.
  • Welsh: The Welsh qualifier will take place on Tuesday, 11 July, at Liege Manor Farm Equestrian Center in the Vale of Glamorgan.
  • optional: Two optional boolean qualifiers determine whether the object and listing files are to be generated.
  • Australian: Elsewhere, third-seeded English professional Scott Handley beat Australian qualifier Luke Margan, 11-7, 11-8, 11-5.

Modifies a noun

type: At present, only three explicit qualifier types are defined here: LAN - Language.

Noun used with modifier

  • namespace: This name does not include any: : namespace qualifiers.
  • championship: May 20: Nigel Martyn has dropped out of the England squad for the next European Championship qualifier.
  • const: The standard contains no prohibitions against casting away any const qualifier.
  • cup: FIFA should make Spain play their next three world cup qualifiers behind closed doors.
  • l: If no l qualifier is present, characters from the input field are converted as if by repeated calls to the wcrtomb function.
  • type: New relationship type qualifiers have been added to cover all cases.