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🏅 A successful competitor ✏️ A modifying word
qualifier

qualifier

18 3.7
A person or team that passes an earlier round to reach the next stage
  • noun
  • /ˈkwɑːlɪfaɪər/
: 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?

    DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story (2004)

  • 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

    Swamp Ape (2017)

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

    Next Goal Wins (2023)

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

    Winning (1969)

  • 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.