qualifier

noun
/ˈkwɒl.ɪ.faɪ.ə/UK/ˈkwɑ.lɪ.faɪ.ɚ/US/ˈkwɔl.ɪ.fɑɪ.ə/

Etymology

From qualify + -er.

  1. borrowed from qualifier
  2. formed as qualifier — “qualify + -er

Definitions

  1. One who qualifies for something, especially a contestant who qualifies for a stage in a…

    One who qualifies for something, especially a contestant who qualifies for a stage in a competition.

  2. A preliminary stage of a competition.

    • 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.
    • Rice is maturing at such a rate that he is now indispensable. Yes, these qualifiers may not be the most exacting examinations but he has also looked a class act at club level under manager David Moyes this season.
  3. A word or phrase, such as an adjective or adverb, that describes or characterizes another…

    A word or phrase, such as an adjective or adverb, that describes or characterizes another word or phrase, such as a noun or verb; one that adds or subtracts attributes to another.

  4. + 1 more definition
    1. A marker that qualifies or modifies another code element.

      • 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.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for qualifier. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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