QUALIFIER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does qualifier mean? 

• QUALIFIER (noun)
  The noun QUALIFIER has 2 senses:

1. a contestant who meets certain requirements and so qualifies to take part in the next stage of competition

2. a content word that qualifies the meaning of a noun or verb

  Familiarity information: QUALIFIER used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• QUALIFIER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A contestant who meets certain requirements and so qualifies to take part in the next stage of competition

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Context example:

the tournament was won by a late qualifier

Hypernyms ("qualifier" is a kind of...):

contestant (a person who participates in competitions)

Derivation:

qualify (prove capable or fit; meet requirements)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A content word that qualifies the meaning of a noun or verb

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

modifier; qualifier

Hypernyms ("qualifier" is a kind of...):

content word; open-class word (a word to which an independent meaning can be assigned)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "qualifier"):

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')

Holonyms ("qualifier" is a part of...):

phrase (an expression consisting of one or more words forming a grammatical constituent of a sentence)

Derivation:

qualify (add a modifier to a constituent)

 Context examples 

For each property you assign to a concept you also can specify an established qualifier type and value.

(NCI Thesaurus Property Qualifier, NCI Thesaurus)

The qualifier provides additional detail regarding the nature of the concept association (for example, the degree of accuracy of the relationship, such as Usually).

(NCI Thesaurus Association Qualifier, NCI Thesaurus)

For each property or association you assign to a concept you also can specify an established qualifier type and value.

(NCI Thesaurus Qualifier, NCI Thesaurus)

Qualifier of local vs. extensive/diffuse can be added, similar to that described above for atypical hyperplasia.

(High Grade Mouse Prostatic Intraepithelial Neoplasia, NCI Thesaurus/MMHCC)

A morphologic qualifier indicating that a cancerous lesion is undifferentiated.

(Grade 4, NCI Thesaurus)

A dataset used to capture the findings about an event or intervention that cannot be represented within an event or intervention record or as a supplemental qualifier.

(Findings About Events or Interventions Domain, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

A morphologic qualifier indicating that a neoplastic lesion is moderately to poorly differentiated.

(Grade 2/3, NCI Thesaurus)

A data type comprised of the qualifiers of the name of an entity.

(Entity Name Part Data Type, NCI Thesaurus)

If any of these qualifiers apply to you, this means that although you might feel some tension at the time, you will find a way to benefit from this lunar eclipse.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

A morphologic qualifier indicating that a cancerous lesion is well differentiated.

(Grade 1, NCI Thesaurus)