Pronunciation: /ˈkwɒlɪfʌɪə(r)/
noun
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1a person or team that qualifies for a competition or its final rounds: he was the fifth-fastest qualifier
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a match or contest to decide which individuals or teams qualify for a competition or its final rounds: England’s next World Cup qualifier
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2 Grammar a word or phrase, especially an adjective, used to attribute a quality to another word, especially a noun.
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(in systemic grammar) a word or phrase added after a noun to qualify its meaning.