| NOUN | person | qualifier | a contestant who meets certain requirements and so qualifies to take part in the next stage / stage of competition |
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| communication | qualifier, modifier | a content word that qualifies the meaning / meaning of a noun or verb |
| Sounds | kwaa'lahfay.er | |
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| Rhymes | acquire ... wire: 63 rhymes with ayer... | |
| Meaning | A contestant who meets certain requirements and so qualifies to take part in the next stage / stage of competition. | |
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| Example | "the tournament was won by a late qualifier" | |
| Broader | contestant | A person who participates in competitions |
| Verbs | qualify | prove capable or fit |
| Meaning | A content word that qualifies the meaning / meaning of a noun or verb. | |
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| Synonym | modifier | |
| Part of | phrase | An expression consisting of one or more words forming a grammatical constituent of a sentence |
| Narrower | 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 | |
| intensifier, intensive | A modifier that has little meaning / meaning except to intensify the meaning / meaning it modifies | |
| Broader | content word, open-class word | A word to which an independent meaning / meaning can be assigned |
| Spanish | modificador | |
| Catalan | modificador | |
| Verbs | qualify | add a modifier to a constituent |
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