different between qualified vs qualifier

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?kw?l.?.fa?d/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?kw?l.?.fa?d/
• Hyphenation: qual?i?fied

Adjective

qualified (comparative more qualified, superlative most qualified)

1. Meeting the standards, requirements, and training for a position.
2. Restricted or limited by conditions.

   Assuming that I have all the information, my qualified opinion is that your plan will work.

Antonyms

• non-qualified
• unqualified

Derived terms

• well-qualified

Translations

Verb

qualified

1. simple past tense and past participle of qualify

English

Etymology

qualify +? -er

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?kw?l.?.fa?.?/, enPR: kw?l??-f?-?r
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?kw?l.?.fa?.?/, enPR: kw?l??-f?-?
• Hyphenation: qual?i?fi?er

Noun

qualifier (plural qualifiers)

1. One who qualifies for something, especially a contestant who qualifies for a stage in a competition.
2. A preliminary stage of a competition.
   • 2011, Phil McNulty, Euro 2012: Montenegro 2-2 England [1]

     But England's final qualifier, played out in the hostile surroundings of Podgorica City Stadium, turned on two incidents that will have cast a cloud over Capello's delight at reaching another major tournament.

3. (grammar) A word or phrase, such as an adjective or adverb, that describes or characterizes another word or phrase, such as a noun or verb; a modifier; that adds or subtracts attributes to another.
4. (computing, programming) A marker that qualifies or modifies another code element.

Synonyms

• (grammar): modifier

See also

• (grammar): determiner

Translations

French

Etymology

qualité +? -ifier

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.li.fje/
• Homophones: qualifiai, qualifié, qualifiée, qualifiées, qualifiés, qualifiez

Verb

qualifier

1. to qualify (of a sports team, etc.)

Conjugation

Related terms

• qualification

Further reading

• “qualifier” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).