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qualifier

qualifier

18 3.7
A person or team that passes an earlier round to reach the next stage
  • noun
  • /ˈkwɑːlɪfaɪər/
translation icon : clasificado
  • The team secured their place in the championship by winning the final qualifier last weekend.
  • tournament qualifiers
  • Cup qualifiers
  • Olympic qualifiers

Yeah, well, I won, won the qualifier and I come fourth in the British.

Examples

  • Before the award is finally given, the qualifiers will go head to head in a series of races.

    Academic text (2007)
  • There was no shortage of scoring in the Commonwealth's U.S. Open Cup qualifiers on Sunday.

    Blog text (27)
  • And that was the qualifier for the X Games.

  • - How many teams are in this qualifier?

  • It's very difficult for a qualifier to win an MS tournament.

    Blog text (10)
  • It's the qualifier for the state finals which are tomorrow

  • There's only four weeks to the World Cup qualifier, Dad.

  • The fastest qualifier on this, the first day, will start with the coveted number one position on race day.

  • He is training hard to be the fastest qualifier for the upcoming track events.

  • The tournament will have several qualifiers before determining the final teams for the playoffs.

How Advanced

winner
1.0
finalist
103 2.0
qualifier
18 3.7
participant
295 2.4
entrant
14 4.3

Surface Forms

qualifier singular
qualifiers plural

Morphology

qualifier = qualify (transparent) = qualify + er

Standard agent/nominal formation: 'qualify' (to meet requirements) + '-er' yields 'one who qualifies'.

Etymology

Qualifier comes from the root qual-, which means 'what kind' and appears in words like quality and qualify. In competitions, a qualifier is someone who has the needed 'quality' or condition to go to the next round, so the origin explains why it means a person who earns a place.