qualifier

English

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Noun

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 [1]

     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.

Synonyms

• (grammar): modifier

See also

• (grammar): determiner

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French

Etymology

qualité +‎ -ifier

Pronunciation

• IPA: /kalifje/

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Verb

qualifier

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

Conjugation

   Conjugation of qualifier (see also Appendix:French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		qualifier			avoir or être qualifié
gerund		en qualifiant			en ayant qualifié or en étant qualifié
present participle		qualifiant
past participle		qualifié
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
simple tenses	present	qualifie	qualifies	qualifie	qualifions	qualifiez	qualifient
	imperfect	qualifiais	qualifiais	qualifiait	qualifiions	qualifiiez	qualifiaient
	past historic1	qualifiai	qualifias	qualifia	qualifiâmes	qualifiâtes	qualifièrent
	future	qualifierai	qualifieras	qualifiera	qualifierons	qualifierez	qualifieront
	conditional	qualifierais	qualifierais	qualifierait	qualifierions	qualifieriez	qualifieraient
compound tenses	present perfect	Use the present tense of avoir or être followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect tense of avoir or être followed by the past participle
	past anterior1	Use the past historic tense of avoir or être followed by the past participle
	future perfect	Use the future tense of avoir or être followed by the past participle
	conditional perfect	Use the conditional tense of avoir or être followed by the past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il	que nous	que vous	qu’ils
simple tenses	present	qualifie	qualifies	qualifie	qualifiions	qualifiiez	qualifient
	imperfect1	qualifiasse	qualifiasses	qualifiât	qualifiassions	qualifiassiez	qualifiassent
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of avoir or être followed by the past participle
	pluperfect1	Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir or être followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
		—	qualifie	—	qualifions	qualifiez	—
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Related terms

• qualification