qualifier

/หˆkwษ’l.ษช.faษช.ษ™/
noun
  1. 1

    One who qualifies for something, especially a contestant who qualifies for a stage in a competition.

  2. 2

    A preliminary stage of a competition.

  3. 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. 4

    A marker that qualifies or modifies another code element.

Synonyms

Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/qualifier