āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
qualifier
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Qualifier
01
āĻā§āĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻ˛āĻŋāĻĢāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻ°
a preliminary event or competition determining which participants advance to the main event or competition
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The tennis player faced a tough opponent in the qualifier but advanced to the main draw.
āĻā§āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ¸ āĻā§āĻ˛ā§āĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻĄāĻŧ āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻžāĻāĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻŦā§ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻ āĻŋāĻ¨ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻŋāĻĒāĻā§āĻˇā§āĻ° āĻŽā§āĻā§āĻŽā§āĻāĻŋ āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ āĻāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻŽā§āĻ˛ āĻĄā§āĻ°āĻ¤ā§ āĻāĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻā§āĻā§āĨ¤
02
āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻˇāĻŖ, āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤āĻ
a content word that qualifies the meaning of a noun or verb
āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāĻ¤āĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžāĻ
qualifier
qualify
qual
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