qualifier

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: qualifier

1	n	a contestant who meets certain requirements and so qualifies to take part in the next stage of competition
2	n	a content word that qualifies the meaning of a noun or verb

FULL DEFINITIONS OF: qualifier

“the tournament was won by a late qualifier”

Types:: show 11 types...; hide 11 types...; 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'; descriptive adjective, qualifying adjective
an adjective that ascribes to its noun the value of an attribute of that noun (e.g., `a nervous person' or `a musical speaking voice'); classifying adjective, relational adjective
an adjective that classifies its noun (e.g., `a nervous disease' or `a musical instrument'); positive, positive degree
the primary form of an adjective or adverb; denotes a quality without qualification, comparison, or relation to increase or diminution; comparative, comparative degree
the comparative form of an adjective or adverb; superlative, superlative degree
the superlative form of an adjective or adverb; dangling participle
a participle (usually at the beginning of a sentence) apparently modifying a word other than the word intended: e.g., `flying across the country' in `flying across the country the Rockies came into view'; adverbial
a word or group of words function as an adverb

Type of:: content word, open-class word
a word to which an independent meaning can be assigned

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