qualifier

Noun
  1. A contestant who meets certain requirements and so qualifies to take part in the next stage of competition (synset 110517781)
    "the tournament was won by a late qualifier"
    is a type of: contestant - a person who participates in competitions
  2. A content word that qualifies the meaning of a noun or verb (synset 106331794)
    is a type of: content word, open-class word - a word to which an independent meaning can be assigned
    subtypes:
    • intensifier, intensive - a modifier that has little meaning except to intensify the meaning it modifies
    • adjective - a word that expresses an attribute of something
    • adverb - a word that modifies something other than a noun
    • dangling modifier, misplaced modifier - a word or phrase apparently modifying an unintended word because of its placement in a sentence: e.g., `when young' in `when young, circuses appeal to all of us'
    is a part of: phrase - an expression consisting of one or more words forming a grammatical constituent of a sentence
    same as: modifier

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