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qualifier

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